Pierre Aiguille
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb, hearty beef stew, wild game
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the rugged, sun-drenched slopes of Gigondas in the southern Rhône Valley, Paul Jaboulet Aîné's 'Pierre Aiguille' takes its name—meaning 'Stone Needle'—from the dramatic, jagged limestone peaks of the Dentelles de Montmirail that tower over the vineyards. This cuvée captures the wild, untamed spirit of the region, where ancient clay and limestone soils, combined with the cooling influence of the Mistral wind, yield wines of immense power and refinement. Traditionally crafted with a focus on Grenache, the wine undergoes careful fermentation and aging in oak foudres to soften its muscular tannins while preserving the vibrant, spicy character of the terroir, rich with notes of dark berries, garrigue, 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
🍷 ABV
14-14.5%