Saint Joseph Saut de L'Ange 2021

White Rhône based on Roussanne with a lot of freshness and a lot of complexity. In the nose exotic aromas of pineapple, peach, lychee and dried fruit, but also white flowers and hazelnut. A wine of great finesse with a long, salty aftertaste. A gourmet wine with astonishing precision.

Appellation Saint Joseph

Grape variety roussanne

Style Aromatic

Format 750 ml

Available

€58.40

The winemaker

Winemaker	Country	Region
Domaine Pierre-Jean Villa	France	Rhône - Septrionales

About the winemaker A great wine comes from respect for land, climate, terroir and grape, is Pierre-Jean Villa's belief. The only logic is to protect the diversity of the terroir in the vineyard and to make wines that properly reflect the terroir. In the cellar, Pierre-Jean Villa believes in a vinification that involves as little intervention as possible: use of natural yeasts, spontaneous fermentation, and crossing and bottling take into account the position of the moon. In the end, the wine must express the honest and delicate balance between the typicity of the terroir and the ethics of the winemaker.

Vineyard management Practising organics

Details

Vineyard	Vineyards with a light soil, composed of slate and gneiss on a granite base. Exposure to the south / southeast. Planting is 5500 to 8500 sticks per hectare, relatively young sticks, 10 years old.
Vinification	After the manual harvest, the grapes are pressed "whole-bunch". Debourbage for 12 to 24 hours followed by vinification in 15 hectolitre casks, demi-muids and amphorae. The aging is 12 months and the bottling takes place six weeks after assembling.
Vintage	2021
Oak aging	Yes
Ageing potential	up to 8 years after harvest
Alcohol percentage	14%
Closure	Natural cork