Domaine Raymond Roure Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted chicken with wild mushrooms, seared scallops in butter sauce, aged goat cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The Domaine Raymond Roure Blanc is a highly distinguished white Crozes-Hermitage, originating from a historic estate acquired by Paul Jaboulet A"n" in 1996. Unlike the flat, alluvial plains that characterize much of the Crozes-Hermitage appellation, the Raymond Roure vineyard is situated on the steep, terraced granite slopes of Gervans in the northern sector. This unique, south-facing terroir closely mirrors the prestigious soils of neighbouring Hermitage. Crafted entirely from Marsanne grapes harvested from old vines, the wine undergoes traditional vinification and is aged in French oak barrels. This meticulous process coaxes out a remarkably rich, full-bodied profile defined by aromas of white flowers, honey, hazelnut, and a striking, flinty mineral backbone that reflects its granitic origins.
🍾 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
Marsanne 100%
🍷 ABV
13-13.5%