SM1
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 3–10 years from release
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled rosemary lamb chops, slow-braised beef daube provencale, roasted duck breast with blackberry reduction
✨ Technical Specifications
Engineered as an unorthodox dialogue between the Rhône's two structural poles, this cuvée bridges the Northern and Southern Rhône through an assemblage of Syrah and Grenache sourced across distinct terroirs and multiple harvest years. The fruit integrates high-altitude, limestone-influenced parcels with warm alluvial soils, subjected to prolonged gentle extraction and maturation in seasoned oak demi-muids and concrete vats to foreground pure varietal tension rather than heavy wood influence.
🍾 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
Syrah, Mourvèdre
🍷 ABV
14.5%