2024 Dm La Remejeanne Les Chevrefeuilles Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Rhone Valley

Certified organic. Chèvrefeuilles (pronounced ‘shev-ruh-foy’) is French for honeysuckle, the perfume of which you cannot escape during springtime in the Southern Rhône. Olivier is an evangelist for the character and freshness of old-vine Clairette, which now accounts for half the blend in his delightful citrus- and herb-scented Les Chèvrefeuilles Blanc. The remaining blend comprises 25% Roussanne and 25% Grenache Blanc. The fruit grows on the Domaine’s cooler, east-facing sites where limestone soils and altitude promote freshness.  

In the cellar, the grapes were pressed as bunches and fermented on heavy solids with natural yeasts. The wine rested on fine lees in concrete for eight months before bottling. The style is succulently mouth-filling with pulpy, orchard-fruit texture, hawthorn blossom and preserved citrus flavours backed by lip-smacking mineral grip and a vibrant, juicy close.