Domaine de Roure
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rosemary lamb, grilled ribeye steak, wild boar stew
✨ Technical Specifications
Domaine de Roure is a jewel within the Crozes-Hermitage appellation, acquired by Paul Jaboulet A"n" in 1996. Located in the northern sector of the appellation near the village of Gervans, this historic estate is defined by its dramatic, steep, south-facing granite terraces, which closely mirror the prized terroir of neighboring Hermitage. This exceptional granitic soil, combined with old Syrah vines, yields a wine of remarkable depth, structure, and mineral intensity. Vinified with meticulous care and aged in French oak barrels, this cuv"e showcases the power and elegance of northern Rh"ne Syrah, offering complex aromas of dark bramble fruit, cracked black pepper, smoked meats, and a distinct stony minerality that sets it apart from flatter, clay-dominant sites in the southern parts of the appellation.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet on the sun-drenched granite slopes of Tain-l'Hermitage, Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné stands as one of the Rhône Valley's most storied viticultural estates. Acquired in 2006 by the Frey family, the domain experienced a profound renaissance under the stewardship of master oenologist and viticulturist Caroline Frey, who converted its extensive Northern Rhône holdings to certified organic viticulture alongside rigorous biodynamic regimens. While globally renowned for its legendary Hermitage reds like La Chapelle, the estate crafts equally sublime white wines from premier terroirs spanning Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Condrieu, and the Southern Rhône. Here, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Grenache Blanc are harvested at meticulous phenolic maturity from complex alluvial pebbles, loess, and fractured granitic soils. Vinified with gentle gravity flow, temperature-regulated fermentation, and judicious French oak contact on fine lees, Jaboulet whites—exemplified by Chevalier de Stérimberg, Domaine de Thalabert Mule Blanche, and Les Jalets Blanc—deliver exceptional minerality, textural waxiness, and refined age-worthy precision.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah 100%
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%