Saint-Joseph "Saint Etienne" <span class='vintage woocommerce_product_title'>2024</span>

Saint-Joseph "Saint Etienne" <span class='vintage woocommerce_product_title'>2024</span> - Image 2

Gabriel Meffre
Saint-Joseph “Saint Etienne” 2024

AOP Saint Joseph White

Tasting

Seductive golden color with light green highlights. The nose offers a lovely bouquet of white flowers and quince jelly. Fresh on the palate, with subtle notes of bitter almond and a long, savory finish with a hint of saltiness.

Food & wine pairings

Ideal with bouchées à la reine with scallops, monkfish tagine with quince or eggplant caviar.

Detailed information

Vintage

2024 stands out for its freshness and balance, a breath of fresh air in a demanding climate. The rainy spring regenerated the soils, and the summer, with its heat and cool nights, brought out the best in the aromas and colours. Despite modest yields of fine quality, the harvest produced fresh, dynamic and harmonious wines, with well-balanced alcohol levels and well-integrated tannins. Overall, we found the balanced profiles of classic vintages, with ripeness, acidity and richness.

Grape varieties

Marsanne, Roussanne

Terroir

The St Joseph appellation is over 60 km long, with steep, terraced vineyards stretching along the right bank of the Rhône River, between Condrieu in the north and St Peray in the south. The soils are a mix of gneiss and granite in the north and granite and feldspar in the south.

Winemaking

The harvest took place early in the morning to preserve the primary aromas. Optimized settling of the lees to boost aromatic potential (between 10 and 12°C) before fermentation at low temperature (14 – 16°C). Matured for 8 months in tanks, with part of the blend aged in oak barrels before bottling.

Service

Enjoy in its early years to fully appreciate its fruity freshness, or within 4 to 5 years after harvest. Serve chilled between 10°C and 12°C.

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Gabriel Meffre

Delicious and savoury from day one: this is the commitment of our Gabriel Meffre "signature" wines. For each appellation, and in keeping with the characteristics of the vintage, our know-how is recognisable through our experienced blending of "terroirs" and grape varieties and through our careful maturing, favouring purity of fruit and silkyness of texture. Already enjoyable in their first year after bottling, the Crus also have good aging potential.