Les Cedres
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rosemary lamb, wild game stew, or earthy mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the sun-drenched terraces of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the southern Rhône, Les Cèdres takes its name from the majestic, ancient cedar trees that stand sentinel near the vineyards. This classic red blend is shaped by the appellation's iconic terroir, dominated by galets roulés—large, smooth quartz stones that absorb the intense Mediterranean sun by day and warm the vines through the cool nights. Crafted primarily from Grenache alongside Syrah, Mourvèdre, and Cinsault, the wine undergoes traditional vinification and is aged in large French oak foudres. This process preserves the vibrant, spicy red fruit character while imparting a refined structure, velvety tannins, and a complex finish laced with wild herbs, liquorice, and black pepper.
🍾 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
Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault
🍷 ABV
14-15