Paul Jaboulet Aine

Region: Rhone, France,

Grape Variety: 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah

Winemaking Process: ‘Les Traverses’ are the dry stone walls which were built to support and protect the slopes in Ventoux from the significant erosion caused by the strong Mistral winds. 40+ year old vines on average From the foothills of the Mont Ventoux – clay and limestone soils with south/southwest exposure 80% Grenache, 20% Syrah Aged in 20% large older barrel and 80% in stainless tanks.

Tasting Notes: Blood orange, raspberry, fresh pepper and wild herbs emerge from this delicious Ventoux Rouge. Incredibly sappy and persistent with laser focus and precision. When they are well-made by a gifted winemaker, reds from Ventoux are usually excellent value. This one really is, boasting fresh aromas of red fruit, spices and cedar. Palate is fruity and lively with fine tannins in the background. Nothing over complicated, this bottle is a great pick for your everyday drink!

Food Pairing: This Grenache pairs well with lamb shank with mushrooms, roast duck with apples and beef tataki.

VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Grenache Blanc

Tasting notes: It is made of a subtle blend of various local grapes providing concentrated flavours of white fruit and flowers, while remaining crisp and fresh. A short stay in oak barrels brings in a toasted hint for a greater personality.

Region: France, Rhone
Grape Variety: Syrah

Tasting Notes: This wine is very richly balanced. Its length gives expression the ripe apricots, honey and spice notes.

Food Pairing: Suggested dishes to pair with this wine are stuffed aubergine, lamb and venisons peppered haunch.

ORGANIC

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Grenache (80%), Syrah (10%) & Mourvedre (10%)

Tasting notes: The resulting wine has an aromatic nose with red fruits developing into notes of macerated fruits. Straightforward attack on the palate, with strong tannins, finishing with great depth and strength.

Region: Rhone, France
Grape Variety: 100% Syrah

Tasting Notes: Shiny and lipid deep ruby colour. Intense, complex and aromatic on the nose, notes of small red fruits, animals, graphite and Provenal olives. Powerful but fine on the palate, elegant tannins with a smooth texture.

Food Pairing: Enjoy this magnificent Syrah from the Rhone with game,wild fowl and lamb with young vegetables. Before enjoying, decant this red wine for at least one hour.

Awards:
Sakura Awards 2020 - Double Gold

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Syrah & Grenache
Background: The Jaboulet family started working the land in the Rhone region in 1834. The generations continued to succeed one another until Maison Paul Jaboulet Aine was acquired by the owners of Chateau La Lagune in Bordeaux, the Frey family, in 2006. Although lauded for wines like Crozes Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert and the famous Hermitage La Chapelle, winemaker Caroline Frey has been receiving excellent reviews for her wines from the Southern Rhone region. From a robust Vacqueyras, to Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres and the Secret de Famille Cotes de Rhone wines, Paul Jaboulet Aine offers fantastic quality from these much loved regions. This is the most famous appellation of the southern Rhône and also one of the best-known in France and abroad.

Tasting notes: Deep ruby red colour with very thick legs. The bouquet offers complex and intense notes of macerated red berries, blended with sweet spices and a final hint of garrigue (Mediterranean vegetation). Powerful and warm attack in the mouth, with a spicy and hot finish.

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Marsanne (50%) & Roussanne (50%)

Tasting notes: This wine offers lots of buttered citrus, lychee, nut and white flowers. It is medium-bodied, fresh and lively, if not racy on the palate.

Region: Rhone, France

Grape Variety: 60% Grenache and 40% Syrah 

Tasting Notes: This wine has the Southern Rhône's classically warm, ripe feel with red fruits blended with spices. Well-structured on the palate with rounded tannins and a final spicy note.

Food Pairing: It will make a perfect match with fish or poultry and mushrooms especially prepared using garlic.

VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY & ORGANIC

Region: France, Rhone
Grape Variety: Syrah

Tasting Notes: From the eastern part of the hill where the soil is deeper. It has wonderful depth of soft fruit, plummy and rich, blackberries and spice with real density and excellent ripe tannins to give structure.

Food Pairing: Jaboulet Hermitage is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted braised ans grilled dishes,. It is also good with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Viognier

Tasting notes: Its nose is very expressive with aromas of white fruits, peach, accompanied by notes of flowers, a typical Viognier complexity. On the palate, the attack is lively and fat, the palate unctuous and gourmet revealing notes of apricots and exotic fruits.

Region: France, Rhone
Grape variety: Shiraz

Tasting notes: Complex aromas of ripe red fruit, spices and liquorice. Oak barrels give it a firm structure, supple tannins and a toasted, long finish.

Region: France, Rhone
Grape Variety: Syrah

Tasting Notes: Highly complex, distinguished nose, revealing the Syrah’s great finesse. Black fruits, sweet spices and, ultimately, finely woody. Full and generous on the palate with silky tannins and a very long finish.

Food Pairing: Suggested dishes to pair with this wine are Argentine flank steak, grilled steak, sirloin steak and pizza diavolo.

Awards:
Concours des Grands ins de France Macon 2023 - Gold

Region: Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France
Grape Variety: Shiraz/Syrah

Tasting Notes: Big, rich, dark-fruited and almost tarry, but this full-bodied wine is pleasantly velvety and marked by savoury notes of scorched wood and black olive tapenade that linger on the finish.

Food Pairing: This wine pairs well with grilled meats, barbeque, grilled vegetables and spicey dishes.