100% Xavier Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled sea bass with fennel, goat cheese tartlet, chicken paillard with lemon and capers.
✨ Technical Specifications
Focusing on Southern Rhône white varieties, this cuvée draws on limestone soils and clay-dominated parcels situated at higher elevations to capture natural freshness. Stainless steel and concrete vat fermentations are favored at cool temperatures to prevent malolactic fermentation, retaining brisk acidity and aromatic purity. The blend typically brings together Viognier, Roussanne, Grenache Blanc, and Clairette, briefly rested on fine lees without oak contact to accentuate citrus florality and stone fruit vibrancy.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in the Rhône Valley in 1999 by preeminent consulting oenologist Xavier Vignon, Maison Xavier Vignon operates as an innovative négociant and estate producer that challenges traditional regional conventions. Combining over 30 hectares of proprietary vineyards—concentrated around Beaumes-de-Venise and parcels across Vacqueyras and Châteauneuf-du-Pape—with long-term grower partnerships, Vignon explores diverse Southern Rhône terroirs characterized by galets roulés, limestone marl, and elevated mountain terraces. Informed by formative cellar experiences in Champagne and across both hemispheres, Vignon's winemaking methodology emphasizes avant-garde assemblage, often blending disparate terroirs, micro-parcels, and multiple vintages in perpetual reserve style. Vinification incorporates gentle extraction, minimal additions, and proprietary aging innovations such as the oxygen-free 'Vinarium' submersion technique. Benchmark cuvées include the multi-vintage Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve, the parcel-driven Arcane series, and the flagship Anonyme, each celebrated for mineral vitality, architectural balance, and expressive southern fruit.
🍇 Grapes
Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne
🍷 ABV
13.0%