Description
Region: Seyssuel, Northern Rhône, France
Producer: Vins de Vienne (Chavanay)
Vintage: 2023
Grape: 100%Viognier from the Seyssuel hillsides
Type: Still White
Size: 75CL
Tasting Notes:
Balanced, ample, floral and fruity
A rich, plump expression of Viognier — ripe apricot and peach fruit with a full, generous texture, in the estate's fuller-bodied house style.
Food pairing:
Western cuisine: Roast poultry, cream-based sauces, foie gras
Asian cuisine: Sushi, Thai curry, Peking duck
Winemaking:
1.5 ha, Quartz & Micaschists, hand picked.
Full grapes pressing. Fermentation in casks and large barrels at a low temperature with indigenous yeasts for about 4 months. 16 months in French oak barrels. Tangential filtration 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.