Domaine des Grands Amandiers
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 8 years from the vintage to capture its vibrant, exotic aromatics and luscious texture.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, creamy chicken fricassee, or mild, creamy cheeses like Saint-Marcellin.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, terraced granite slopes of the northern Rhône, Paul Jaboulet Aîné's Condrieu 'Domaine des Grands Amandiers' is a breathtaking expression of the Viognier grape. The name pays homage to the ancient almond trees ('grands amandiers') that historically shared these sun-drenched, wind-swept hillsides. Cultivated on incredibly steep, hand-worked terraces, the vines benefit from a unique microclimate that coaxes out the grape's signature heady aromatics while retaining a vital, mineral-driven freshness. Vinified with meticulous care and aged partially in French oak, this cuvée represents the pinnacle of Condrieu's dramatic, steep-slope viticulture, blending rich texture with vibrant floral and stone fruit complexity.
🍾 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
100% Viognier
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%