Domaine Alary Côtes du Rhône La Gerbaude Blanc 2022

	Blend of Clairette, Roussanne, Viognier and Bourboulenc
	Floral and spicy in the scent, mild and pure in taste
	Delicious with dishes with fish or white meat

 

Fragrant dry white wine with floral, spicy nuances and notes of anise and yellow fruit in the scent. The taste starts soft and round and ends with a persistent aromatic aftertaste.

 

The Rhône is a red wine region par excellence. White Rhône only accounts for a tiny percentage of the total production and is therefore much less known. Too bad, because white Rhône is often original, authentic and exceptionally gastronomic. De La Gerbaude, for example, by our Cairanne producer Denis Alary is the best proof of this.

He makes it from local grapes Clairette, Roussanne, Viognier and Bourboulenc. The vineyards are grown organically on typical Rhône terroir: soils of clay and lime, covered with garrigue and strewn with large pebbles.

Denis harvests by hand. After a short soaking of the skins, he gently presses the grapes to avoid too much extraction. He vinifies all wines separately; only after fermentation does he make the final blend.

It produces an elegant, pure white Rhône. The scent is refined aromatic, with notes of flowers and green herbs. The taste is intense and mild, a strikingly refined freshness provides an excellent balance. Delicious to drink on its own, or to combine with fish or white meat.