Description
Region: Northern Rhône, France
Producer: Vins de Vienne (Chavanay)
Vintage: 2023
Grape: Syrah
Type: Still red
Size: 75CL
Tasting Notes:
A structured, generous Cornas — nose of blackberry, black olive and forest floor with oak spice. Full-bodied and well-built on the palate, tannic as expected of the appellation but without austerity, finishing fresh.
Food pairing:
Western cuisine:Game, red meats, venison stew
Asian cuisine: Char siu pork, braised beef brisket, mapo tofu
Winemaking:
1.2 ha, Granites, hand picked. 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.