Description
Region: Seyssuel, Northern Rhône, France
Producer: Vins de Vienne (Chavanay)
Vintage: 2022-2023
Grape:100% Syrah from schist/micaschist hillsides opposite Côte-Rôtie
Type: Still red
Size: 75CL
Tasting Notes:
The flagship red of the estate. Powerful nose of crushed blackberry over intense mineral (graphite) notes. Dense, vibrant palate with a touch of liquorice sweetness, fine, tight tannins still shaped by oak — built for the cellar.
Ample, balanced and complex, spicy
Food pairing:
Western cuisine: Aged steak, lamb shoulder, hard aged cheeses, duck breasts, fried porcini mushroom, tournedos rossini
Asian cuisine: Korean BBQ short rib, char siu, black pepper beef
Winemaking:
3.5 ha, Quartz & Mica schist, hand picked.
partally destemmed grapes. Traditional winemaking from 2-3 weeks. 16 months in French oak barrels. Tangential filteration before bottling.
Vins de Vienne
Founded in 1996 by three of the Northern Rhône's most respected winemakers — Yves Cuilleron, Pierre Gaillard and François Villard — Vins de Vienne began with a single mission: to bring the ancient, Roman-era vineyards of Seyssuel back to life. Long forgotten after phylloxera wiped them out, these steep schist hillsides once produced wines celebrated by Pliny the Elder. Today, the estate spans nearly 25 hectares across Seyssuel and other top Northern Rhône appellations — Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Péray, Crozes-Hermitage and Cornas — crafting Syrah, Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne wines known for their precision, elegance and true sense of place.