Le Grand Pompée Saint-Joseph Blanc 2025
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France / Rhône
Le Grande Pompée is a character from Victor Hugo’s The Legend of the Ages, noted for his love of wine from the right bank of the Rhône. Saint-Joseph has steep hillsides carved into terraces in ancient times. The 40-year-old vines are planted in granite and schist soils. The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo direct pressing as whole bunches. The juice is fermented at low temperatures in French oak barrels, concrete egg and stainless-steel tanks and aged for 6 months on fine lees.
Harvest Note
An exceptionally mild and dry winter was followed by a spring with abundant rainfall, replenishing water reserves. Budbreak occurred very early due to high temperatures then slowed down during a cool May, aligning flowering with the previous year. Summer was a mix of warmth and humidity with veraison starting in early August.
Tasting Note
Pale blond in color, this elegant white wine offers aromas of white flowers and mineral notes of warm stones. The finish adds creamy notes of salted caramel.
Technical Data
GRAPES: 85% Marsanne, 15% Roussanne
APPELLATION: Saint-Joseph AOC
PH: 3.45
ACIDITY: 4.55 g/L
ABV: 13%
AGING: 6 months on fine lees
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: No
Unique Selling Points
- Saint-Joseph has steep hillsides that were carved into terraces in ancient times
- Hand-harvested and whole bunch pressed
"What makes a great wine, what makes it inimitable and constant, is the terroir in which it is born."
Caroline Frey, Owner
