2023 Domaine de Trevallon, IGP Alpilles Blanc, France Henri Chauvet Saint-Estephe

Saint-Estephe

it’s bottled unfined

Honeysuckle flower on the nose with a stunning stone fruit finish

90-year-old vines facing southwest on clay-limestone soils planted just behind their house

The daughter from Timotheus’s first marriage

2023 Domaine de Trevallon, IGP Alpilles Blanc, France Henri Chauvet Saint-EstepheThe fact that the vines are grown on north facing slopes gives incredible freshness and imparts a minerality and elegance to the Marsanne grape comparable with that found in a Hermitage white. The Roussanne is typically acidic and develops aromas of verbena, citronnella and honeysuckle. Eloi likens the addition of Chardonnay to adding salt and pepper to a dish.