Viognier
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared scallops, Thai green curry, roasted pork
✨ Technical Specifications
Mark Haisma's Viognier is a brilliant bridge between his Burgundian winemaking sensibilities and the dramatic terroirs of the Northern Rhône. Sourced from granite-rich soils near Chavanay, just on the doorstep of the prestigious Condrieu appellation, this wine represents a fresh, tension-filled take on a grape that was nearly extinct in the mid-20th century. Haisma treats this expressive variety with a Burgundian touch, utilizing wild yeasts and older French oak barrels to temper Viognier's natural opulence. The result is a wine that eschews heavy, oily textures in favor of vibrant acidity, mineral drive, and a delicate perfume of white peach, apricot blossom, and exotic spices.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by Australian winemaker Mark Haisma, formerly head winemaker alongside Dr. Bailey Carrodus at Yarra Yering, this micro-négociant and domaine operation is anchored in Gevrey-Chambertin. Transitioning from an artisan négociant sourcing fruit across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune to an estate vigneron with parcels in Gevrey and the northern Mâconnais, Haisma pursues an organic viticultural philosophy with minimal cellar intervention. His winemaking focuses on gentle extraction, judicious use of whole clusters, ambient yeast fermentations, and neutral oak to highlight transparent site expression rather than cellar imprint. Alongside benchmark village and premier cru Burgundies such as Gevrey-Chambertin and Volnay, Haisma crafts northern Rhône Syrah and cheeky, iconoclastic bottlings such as 'A Bogan in Bogandy' and his Mâconnais-grown Shiraz, delivering wines defined by mineral tension, savory freshness, and precise fruit purity.
🍇 Grapes
Viognier