Domaine Jean Vullien & Fils 2013 St-jean De La Porte Mondeuse Reviews
Domaine Jean Vullien St Jean de la Porte Mondeuse 2019
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Winemaker Notes
While this alpine area of eastern France may exist better known for skiing than viticulture, a cadre of Savoyard vignerons are producing splendid wines. The region's all-time come from a boomerang-shaped string of hillside villages betwixt Grenoble and Albertville (site of the 1992 Winter Olympics) called the Combe de Savoie (Combe is a word of Celtic origin meaning a abrupt, deep valley). Jean Vullien and his two sons, David and Olivier, tend 69 acres on the Combe in the villages of Chignin, Montmélian, Arbin, St-Jean de la Porte, and their hometown of Fréterive.
The domaine's holdings include all of the region'southward indigenous grape varieties, as well as strategically-placed parcels of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir (the boys both graduated from La Lycée Viticole in Beaune). The wines range from a crisp, lemon and mineral Jacquère-based white that British wine author Andrew Jefford would categorize as "Muscadet of the Alps" to circuitous floral and spiced reds made from Mondeuse. In recent years, David and Olivier have also earned a reputation for their first-class Méthode Traditionelle sparkling wines.
Though the Vulliens have been making vino for xl years, the family is mayhap best known equally a leader in some other segment of the wine industry. Since 1890, Vullien Pépinière Viticole (vine plant nursery) has been supplying young vines to growers throughout French republic. In fact, they were the source for about 25% of the Chardonnay planted in Chablis later on the ravages of phylloxera.
Tucked up into the sheltered foothills of the Alps where atmospheric condition vary considerably from 1 spot to the next, the vineyards of Savoie are widely dispersed inside three chief growing districts. These are Seyssel, Bugey and full general Savoie. Within these are 16 different cru vineyard areas.
The region boasts a big number of unique ethnic grapes, incidentally unrelated to whatever nearby regions' varieties. The styles here tend toward organic and traditional. In the past, the dynamic summertime and winter tourist population consumed most Savoie wine before information technology could leave the surface area but the recent interest in esoteric varieties and natural, artisan wine has brought a renewed interest to Savoie.
In Savoie's most northern vineyards about Lake Geneva, the Chasselas grape dominates. Moving south, the white grape known as Altesse (also sometimes called Roussette) is responsible for Roussette de Savoie also as Roussette de Seyssel.
Merely northward of Chambéry the white, Jacquère grows in the cru of Jongieux, forth with Altesse, and Chardonnay. In the cru of Chautagne, the red grapes Gamay, Pinot Noir, and, especially, the local Mondeuse do well.
Chambéry, once famous for its vermouth, contains the crus of Abymes, Apremont, Arbin, Chignin and Cruet.
One of the oldest and distinctive red grape varieties of Savoie, Mondeuse is showing great potential as global demand for this rare wine grows. Some of the best Mondeuse comes from the Bugey region or is sold equally a varietal Vin de Savoie, often from a item cru. Somm Secret—Dna profiling has confirmed that Mondeuse and Syrah are related. The ii accept a lot of common characteristics, namely a dumbo colour with black fruit on the palate and herbal or spicy aromas.
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