Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet, Hervé Souhaut 750ml

Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet, blend of Viognier and Roussanne with golden straw in the glass with lovely scents of white flowers, tropical fruit, wet stones and notes of oak. The palate is supple with loads of pear and fig flavors that are backed by elegant mineral notes. Moderate acidity, apple preserves and a warm note of oak lingers on the finish. You could pair it with sea scallops, lobster, stewed fish dishes, creamy chicken, pasta dishes, roasted vegetables and salads.

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Hervé Souhaut created Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet in 1993. Hervé works 5-hectares of old vines—between 50 to 100 years old. He is very fortunate to own two vineyards in the Rhône Valley just opposite the storied hills of Hermitage in Saint Joseph. This region is widely recognized as being one of the finest areas for wine production on the planet. Hervé works entirely on whole grape bunches and semi-carbonic maceration. His philosophy is to extract a delicate balance of tannins from the grapes, to make a wine with subtlety and finesse. This stands in contrast to many of the storied wines of the Northern Rhone that are made with much more extraction of tannin, where they are designed to be practically undrinkable in their youth, as time is needed for them to soften and open up. Hervé prefers to make a wine that is drinkable right away. Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet is the result of grapes being hand-harvested and undergoing a very long maceration at a low temperature—without destemming the fruit. The wine is fermented in wooden tanks and aged on fine lees in second-hand oak casks for eight months. The wine is bottled without filtration. The wine has a total SO2 of only 25mg/L.