2021 Maison Alexandrins Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, Rhone Valley, France
ABOUT THIS WINE
This blend is composed of two terroirs: on the one hand, vines growing on the granite slopes of Les Pends and, on the other hand, the stony plains in the village of Chanos Curson. Vinified in demi-muids (60-litre capacity barrels) & 50% aged in demi-muids and 50% in concrete egg vats for 6 months.
2021 was a winemaker vintage and required great responsiveness to very variable weather. Winter was mild, followed by spring frosts before a dry mid-spring and then a cool summer with record rainfall. Leaves were stripped at the beginning of July to keep the grapes healthy. The harvest started in good conditions with the whites on September 13th in Brézème (-80% harvest due to frost), followed by Crozes-Hermitage and Condrieu. The Marsanne and Roussanne reveal freshness, minerality and precision.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
A partnership between three winegrowers from the Rhône Valley – Nicolas Jaboulet, Guillaume Sorrel and Alexandre Caso – Maison les Alexandrins produces northern wines in a style at once contemporary and timeless, always from exceptional vineyards unearthed by Alexandre Caso, a specialist in the terroirs of the northern Rhône Valley. Classics with a twist, these wines and how they are aged and blended are guided by the quest for perfect harmony from a very young age.
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ABOUT THIS WINE
This blend is composed of two terroirs: on the one hand, vines growing on the granite slopes of Les Pends and, on the other hand, the stony plains in the village of Chanos Curson. Vinified in demi-muids (60-litre capacity barrels) & 50% aged in demi-muids and 50% in concrete egg vats for 6 months.
2021 was a winemaker vintage and required great responsiveness to very variable weather. Winter was mild, followed by spring frosts before a dry mid-spring and then a cool summer with record rainfall. Leaves were stripped at the beginning of July to keep the grapes healthy. The harvest started in good conditions with the whites on September 13th in Brézème (-80% harvest due to frost), followed by Crozes-Hermitage and Condrieu. The Marsanne and Roussanne reveal freshness, minerality and precision.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
A partnership between three winegrowers from the Rhône Valley – Nicolas Jaboulet, Guillaume Sorrel and Alexandre Caso – Maison les Alexandrins produces northern wines in a style at once contemporary and timeless, always from exceptional vineyards unearthed by Alexandre Caso, a specialist in the terroirs of the northern Rhône Valley. Classics with a twist, these wines and how they are aged and blended are guided by the quest for perfect harmony from a very young age.
