About this winery

"Domaine & Maison Les Alexandrins" came into being with the collaboration of three figures of the Northern Rhone Valley: Nicolas Jaboulet, 6th generation of a winegrowing family in Tain l’Hermitage since 1834, Guillaume Sorrel, son of Marc Sorrel of Domaine Sorrel in Hermitage, and Alexandre Caso, specialist in the terroirs of the Northern Rhone. They came together in 2012 when Nicolas Jaboulet (head of Maison Nicolas Perrin founded in 2007) and Guillaume Sorrel along with Alexandre Caso (who...

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Product notes

After 2010 (a very balanced vintage) and 2009 (a powerful vintage), 2012 offered plenty fruit, freshness and body. Besides a hot spring and early flowering, the summer was relatively cold and wet and the advance made was caught up. During the month of September, the sun dominated most of the time and the maturity was progressive. The crop came in continuously until the first days of October for the plots of higher elevation and needed more time to reach perfect maturity. The crop was healthy, the grapes of good quality and the quantities were plentiful.

The main stone found in Condrieu is granite. On the surface the soil is covered with decomposed granite and loess. This is soil is perfectly suited to Viognier and the vines benefit from excellent sunshine. In our search of winegrowers, we wanted to work in very specific places like Coteau de Chéry and Coteau de Rozay, which are vineyards quite high in altitude, in order to get a nice balance and keep freshness for our wines.

Production notes

The bunches are pressed followed by a long fermentation at low temperatures of 12/15 °C. 20% is aged in oak barrels to bring richness to the wine and the rest in stainless steel tanks to preserve aromas of fruit and freshness.

Tasting notes

A shiny pale yellow colour.The nose is aromatic, exotic with notes of citrus and slightly floral. The bouquet is balanced and leaves a lovely impression and length.

Drink in its youth as an aperitif with some prawns.