2020 Domaine de la Janasse Pays de la Principauté d'Orange Viognier

The vines for the Principauté d'Orange Viognier are planted on a substrate of gravel, sand and large boulders. The grapes are picked completely manually and selected extremely strictly, both during the picking and on the sorting tables. After a pneumatic pressing, a temperature-controlled fermentation follows. After fermentation, the wine matures "sur lie" for 6 months in oak barrels (25% new wood). All wines are made classic and excel in the combination of power and finesse. The Pays de la Principauté d'Orange IGP Viognier is a 100% viognier. Beautiful straw yellow in the glass with the obvious Viognier notes in the nose with spring flowers, yellow fruit and freshness. In the mouth, the wine is creamy, full bodied, fruity with a pleasant freshness in the aftertaste.

Domaine de la Janasse dates back to 1967 when it was founded by Aimé Sabon with 15 ha of vineyard. The total area now consists of 55 hectares and is currently run by son Christophe and his sister Isabelle. The vineyards are located on a difficult surface of gravel, sand and large boulders. The vines are 40 to 80 years old. The yield is usually less than 30 hl/ha due to strict pruning and a rigorous vendange verte.

Janasse's big break came in 2007, when their Châteauneuf du Pape "Veilles Vignes" scored 100 points Parker!! Year after year, all their wines score excellently. The quality of this domaine is so great that even their "ordinary" Cotes-du-Rhone already has a high reputation worldwide! This is really a TOP domain!