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 by Australian-born winemaker Mark Haisma, a former protégée of Bailey Carrodus at Yarra Yering, this boutique domaine and micro-négociant is headquartered in Gevrey-Chambertin in the heart of Burgundy. Transitioning from the Yarra Valley to France in the late 2000s, Haisma combines Old World terroir sensitivity with New World dynamism across selected parcels in the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, and the Rhône Valley. His winemaking philosophy centers on low intervention, judicious use of whole clusters and neutral oak, and minimal sulfur, allowing site specificity and natural acidity to lead the profile. Renowned for wines ranging from serious Grand Crus like Bonnes-Mares to irreverently named cuvées like 'A Bogan in Bogandy', the portfolio is celebrated for its pristine fruit purity, textural tension, and authentic sense of place.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Viognier