Maison les Alexandrins
Saint-Joseph
White 2024
A bright and balanced white Saint-Joseph, combining mineral freshness, elegance and indulgence.
After 2023 which was full of contrasts, 2024 was once again a year marked by considerable challenges, requiring great composure and the benefit of experience to face the temperamental climate. After a mild winter, April was marked by frost, followed by intense rain throughout the spring and early summer until mid-July, followed by drought in August. These conditions were particularly testing for us: the fight against mildew, especially with its impact on the inflorescences, required constant attention. The harvest thus began around September 10th, requiring daily adjustments to the heterogeneity of the grape maturity. We had to taste and analyse the berries every day and the weather determined strategic choices and we had to constantly change the harvest schedule to harvest each plot at its optimal maturity. A painstaking work that was worth it, with a decisive impact on the quality and style of the vintage. Despite all these difficulties, the final quality of the grapes offers some great surprises. The first tastings are very promising with crisp and delicious reds and beautiful whites with melted acidity and a beautiful structure on the palate. The devatting has started and the ageing period that follows will allow our wines to improve and gain complexity.
Saint-Joseph’s terroir is mainly granite. The slopes that rise above the Rhône face east/south-east.
We wanted to make a balanced wine using grapes from the north of the appellation, to bring minerality and fruit, and berries from the historical centre of Saint-Joseph that add more flesh to the wine. The blend produces balanced, refined wines.
- Vinified in demi-muids (60-litre capacity barrels).
- Fermentation and ageing in demi-muids for 10 months.
Beautiful, clear, pale-yellow colour with shiny highlights. This wine has a fresh and delicate nose with seductive aromas of citrus, with a subtle hint of toast evoking barrel aging. Full of brightness, precise and mineral, the palate presents a remarkable balance between freshness and vivacity before evolving into roundness. It prolongs the citrus notes in a beautiful saline tension, typical of granite terroirs, then reveals a subtly sappy character, signature of Marsanne, punctuated by an elegant hint of bitterness.