Les Cypres
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops with rosemary, classic beef stew, roasted Mediterranean vegetables
✨ Technical Specifications
Named after the elegant cypress trees that dot the Mediterranean landscape and serve as vital windbreaks against the fierce Mistral wind, 'Les Cyprès' is a beautifully crafted red wine from the historic house of Paul Jaboulet Aîné. Sourced from select vineyards in the southern Rhône Valley, this cuvée pays tribute to the traditional viticulture of the region where these majestic trees protect the delicate vines. The wine is a classic southern Rhône blend, typically dominated by Grenache and Syrah, grown on soils rich in clay, limestone, and stony galets. Vinified with the same meticulous care that Jaboulet applies to its legendary crus, 'Les Cyprès' undergoes traditional fermentation in stainless steel and concrete vats to preserve its vibrant, sun-drenched fruit character, resulting in a wine that captures the warm, herbaceous charm of the garrigue.
🍾 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
🍷 ABV
13.5-14%