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IGP Collines Rhodaniennes · white
Bien à vous White
Technical sheet
- Appellation
- IGP Collines Rhodaniennes
- Colour
- White
- Grape variety
- 100% Roussanne
- Terroir
- The heights of Chavanay; granite
- Ageing
- 10 months on fine lees in 225- and 500-litre barrels
- Ageing potential
- Drink within 3 to 5 years
The Bien à vous white vines grow on the heights of Chavanay, on granite soils. A single-variety wine made purely from Roussanne.
Hand-harvested, it ferments in barrels, then ages for ten months on fine lees. Pale gold colour, a nose of pear, white flowers and citrus, and a round, fleshy palate with a subtly saline finish.
Full technical sheet
From plot to glass
01
The terroir
- Location
- The Bien à vous white vines grow on the heights of Chavanay.
- Soils
- Granite.
02
Winemaking & ageing
- Winemaking
- Hand-harvested; alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in 225- and 500-litre barrels.
- Ageing
- 10 months on fine lees.
03
Style
- Eye
- Pale gold colour.
- Nose
- Aromas of white fruit (pear), white flowers and hints of citrus.
- Palate
- Round, fleshy attack, moving towards lovely freshness, minerality and a subtly saline finish.
04
Les Terriens' advice
- Serving temperature
- Serve at 8–12 °C.
- Food pairing
- As an aperitif, or with fish in sauce, poultry or pressed cheeses.
- Ageing potential
- Drink within 3 to 5 years.
