Saint Damien Côtes - du - Rhône Le Blanc 2023 - Caravan Wines & Spirits

Domaine Saint Damien

Saint Damien Côtes-du-Rhône Le Blanc 2023

Style Wine France White
Producer Domaine Saint Damien
Origin Rhône
$34 / btl
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What it tastes like.

From 50 % Clairette blanche blended with 50 % Bourboulenc for freshness and acidity with great perfume, showing a hint of saline freshness at the end. From a new vineyard purchased in 2022 in Buisson, north-west from Vaison La Romaine (not far from Vinsobres). Whole bunch pressed and aged in large old concrete tanks to retain freshness.

'Joel Saurel’s Côtes-du-Rhône “le Blanc” bottling is made from a cépages of roussanne, marsanne and viognier. The 2023 version is a lovely wine, offering up a bright and complex bouquet of peach, breadfruit, white soil tones, a hint of coriander seed and a lovely panoply of spring flowers in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and complex, with a good base of soil, a lovely core of fruit, fine acids and a long, well balanced and vibrant finish. This is really very good Côtes-du-Rhône Blanc! Drink 2024-2030.’ 89 points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar, November 2024.

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About Saint Damien.

Rhône ·Est. 1821

Domaine Saint Damien is a 45-hectare Gigondas estate run by Joël and Romain Saurel, the fourth and fifth generations of the Saurel family on the property. The estate took its current name in 1979, after a chapel that once stood near the cellar.

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  • Temperature

    10–12°C · 30 min in the fridge before pouring

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"The Saurel family has farmed vines on this property in Gigondas since 1821. The current name was adopted in 1979, taking it from a chapel that once stood near the cellars. Joël Saurel returned to the estate in 1996 and brought in Philippe Cambie as consulting winemaker in 1998. His son Romain has progressively taken on winemaking duties.

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