Herve Souhaut Domaine Romaneaux-Destezet Blanc 2024 750ml

FRANCE : RHONE VALLEY : ARDECHE

BIODYNAMIC : Viognier, Roussanne

MED-BODIED, WHITE FLOWERS, STONE FRUIT, MINERAL, NEUTRAL OAK

Hervé Souhaut planted the white parcel at Arlebosc in 1993, in the Vallée du Doux on decomposed granite above Saint-Joseph — vines that now have three decades of root depth. The blend, 60% Viognier and 40% Roussanne, is direct-pressed and fermented in old wooden tanks, then rested eight months on fine lees in secondhand casks before bottling unfiltered with a small dose of SO2.

The result lands somewhere between Condrieu and a proper Rhône blanc but with Souhaut's signature lightness of touch: floral and stony on the nose, silky through the middle, finishing clean with mild warmth from the wood. 2024 is a bright vintage — a cool September wind after a wet spring brought freshness and concentration together.

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