Le Chant des Griolles
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fruit tarts, blue cheese, foie gras
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the sun-drenched slopes of the Dentelles de Montmirail in the southern Rhône, 'Le Chant des Griolles' is Paul Jaboulet Aîné's exquisite expression of the historic Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise appellation. The name, translating to 'The Song of the Griolles,' pays tribute to the local birds whose melodies drift across the ancient terraced vineyards. Crafted as a Vin Doux Naturel, this sweet wine is made from Muscat grapes grown on sandy, limestone-rich soils that impart a vital mineral freshness. The winemaking process involves 'mutage'—the addition of pure grape spirit during fermentation to halt the yeast, preserving the grape's natural, luscious sugars and intense primary aromas of exotic fruits, citrus, and white flowers.
🍾 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
Muscat à Petits Grains 100%
🍷 ABV
15%