2025 Dm La Remejeanne Les Chevrefeuilles Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Rhone Valley

Domaine La Réméjeanne sits high above the Cèze Valley in the northern reaches of the Gard, where the Klein family crafts wonderfully individual wines with a strong sense of southern Rhône place. Olivier Klein has long championed organic farming, old vines and gentle cellar work, producing wines with Mediterranean character but also a freshness that comes from the domaine’s elevated vineyards. Les Chèvrefeuilles Blanc is a beautifully aromatic Côtes du Rhône that favours energy and texture over simple richness.

The 2025 vintage brings bright, youthful fruit and lovely aromatic lift. Warm southern sunshine builds flavour and texture, while altitude and cooling evening breezes help retain acidity and freshness. The result is a white Rhône with enough generosity to feel satisfying at the table, yet enough zip to remain lively and dangerously easy to drink.

Pale gold with green highlights, the nose opens with white peach, pear and fresh apricot alongside honeysuckle, lemon peel and fennel. With air, hints of chamomile, fresh almond and crushed herbs appear. The palate is supple and gently textured, with ripe stone fruit balanced by citrus freshness and a subtle saline note. There’s a lovely Mediterranean herbal quality through the middle before a dry, mouthwatering finish of lemon oil, almond and wild herbs.

Give this one grilled prawns with garlic and lemon, roast chicken with tarragon, zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta, grilled sardines or a warm goat’s cheese tart. It would also be terrific with a bowl of mussels steamed with white wine, fennel and herbs — plenty of crusty bread mandatory for dealing with the broth.

Cellaring: Drink now to 2031.