Jean-Baptiste Souillard Crozes-Hermitage 'Le Tout' 2019
£35.47

Jean-Baptiste Souillard

Jean-Baptiste Souillard Crozes-Hermitage 'Le Tout' 2019

Country: France
Region: Rhône
Grape: Marsanne
Colour: White
Bottle Size: 75cl
Bottle Weight: 1340g
Alcohol: 13%
Vintage: 2019

A rising star of the Northern Rhône, Jean-Baptiste returned to St Joseph after working in New Zealand, Australia, California, Bordeaux and Burgundy.  He has sought out small high altitude parcels that express balance and elegance.  Quantities of each cuvée are often tiny as Jean Baptise seeks to focus on single parcel expressions. 

Jean Baptiste seeks freshness in his wines, so has sought out vines mainly on the top of slopes as well as being planted on granite.  All his vineyards are listed as ‘lute raisonnée’.

100% Marsanne (sometimes with a touch of Roussanne depending on the vintage) from a tiny vineyard at the extreme northern limit of the appellation of Crozes-Hermitage.  It is surrounded by apricot trees and sits on a gentle slope facing south. The grapes are direct pressed, followed  by a 1-2 month indigenous yeast fermentation, then 100% malolactic fermentation and, like all of Jean Baptiste's Crus, sees 12 months in old oak barrels.

 

PRODUCER NOTES

A rising star of the Northern Rhône, Jean-Baptiste returned to St Joseph after working in New Zealand, Australia, California, Bordeaux and Burgundy.  He has sought out small high altitude parcels that express balance and elegance.  Quantities of each cuvée are often tiny as Jean Baptise seeks to focus on single parcel expressions. 

FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTES

Jean Baptiste seeks freshness in his wines, so has sought out vines mainly on the top of slopes as well as being planted on granite.  All his vineyards are listed as ‘lute raisonnée’.

100% Marsanne (sometimes with a touch of Roussanne depending on the vintage) from a tiny vineyard at the extreme northern limit of the appellation of Crozes-Hermitage.  It is surrounded by apricot trees and sits on a gentle slope facing south. The grapes are direct pressed, followed  by a 1-2 month indigenous yeast fermentation, then 100% malolactic fermentation and, like all of Jean Baptiste's Crus, sees 12 months in old oak barrels.