Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–8 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
grilled lamb chops, hearty beef stew, ratatouille
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the sun-drenched terraces of the Southern Rh$ne, Paul Jaboulet Aîné's Vieilles Vignes (typically sourced from the historic Plan de Dieu appellation) is a tribute to the region's ancient viticultural heritage. The name Plan de Dieu, or 'Plain of God,' dates back to the Middle Ages when travelers crossing this bandit-ridden, scrub-covered plain would commend their souls to God. Today, the area is celebrated for its exceptional terroir of deep clay-limestone soils covered with heat-retaining galets roulés (rounded stones). The old vines (vieilles vignes), often averaging over 40 years of age, naturally yield low quantities of highly concentrated fruit. Jaboulet vinifies this cuvée using traditional methods, utilizing concrete and stainless steel vats to preserve the vibrant, spicy red fruit character, garrigue herbs, and supple tannins characteristic of the Southern Rh$ne.
🍾 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
13.5-14.5%