Elisabeth
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2029
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2025 growing season across the Pays d'Oc was marked by a dry, sun-drenched summer tempered by consistent Tramontane winds that minimized cryptogamic pressure across organic parcels. Cooler nocturnal temperatures through late August preserved the delicate aromatic precursors and intrinsic acidity of early-ripening white cultivars like Viognier. Night harvesting secured optimum freshness alongside ripe stone-fruit aromatics, yielding a bright, aromatically precise profile with balanced alcohol. Showing vibrant varietal lift immediately upon release in 2026, this cuvée is designed for expressive early consumption over the next 1 to 3 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared sea scallops with citrus butter, chicken tagine with dried apricots, mild Thai green curry.
✨ Technical Specifications
Clay-limestone plateaux and sandy alluvial terraces around Servian provide the foundation for this varietal Viognier. Night harvesting protects primary fruit compounds against Mediterranean daytime heat, followed by direct pneumatic pressing with inert gas protection to prevent oxidation. Temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel vats preserves volatile terpenes, with a portion of the cuvée maintained on fine lees with light stirring to enhance palate texture without obscuring its characteristic white-flower and stone-fruit core.
🍾 About the Producer
Domaine de la Baume was established in 1880 by Jean Prat following the phylloxera epidemic, expanding modern Languedoc viticulture from its historic base in Servian between Béziers and Pézenas. In 1990, the estate was revitalized under Australian ownership by BRL Hardy, introducing state-of-the-art cellar technology and nocturnal mechanical harvesting before acquisition in 2003 by Joseph Helfrich's Les Grands Chais de France group. Spanning more than 170 hectares, the vineyards occupy undulating plateaux composed of clay-limestone and sandy-clay soils alongside stony limestone slopes bathed in a Mediterranean microclimate. Winemaking prioritizes immaculate varietal precision, temperature-controlled vinification, and judicious oak handling under estate director Frédéric Glangetas. Domaine de la Baume has garnered international recognition for modern, expressive single-varietal IGP Pays d'Oc cuvées—epitomized by the aromatic Elisabeth Viognier—as well as refined site-specific expressions from AOP Languedoc.
🍇 Grapes
Viognier
🍷 ABV
13.5%