Domaine Lupin, Rousette De Savoie, 2024

£23.00

Benchmark Altesse from the Frangy cru: native-yeast, stainless-steel élevage gives a textured yet fresh, saline white with real clarity.

pear
green apple
gingerbread
honey

At a glance

Producer: Domaine Lupin
Region: Savoie
Appellation: Roussette de Savoie AOC, Frangy
Grape: Altesse
Vintage: 2024
Country: France
Wine type: White
Alcohol: 12.5%
Size: 75.0cl
Farming: Organic — practising

Taste profile

Body: Medium
Acidity: High
Tannin: Low
Sweetness: Dry

What to eat with it

raclette
Savoyard cheese fondue
lake trout with almonds
roast chicken with tarragon

How to serve it

Serve: Cool (10–12°C)

Why Cave selected it

Textural, alpine Altesse that overdelivers for the price; a reference-point producer for Roussette de Savoie with low-intervention winemaking and great food versatility.

About the wine

In the winery some skin contact is allowed for richness of aroma with fermentation at 18-20c, followed by a natural settling of the must, lees contact, and eventual bottling in April the following year. Most of the vines are about 25 years old. He always ferments with natural yeasts. Textural yet fresh this is a really approachable wine and a great way into the wines of the region.

About Domaine Lupin

Rousette de Savoie & Frangy are not names that are going to resonate with many UK wine drinkers, but this is a delicious white from the hills of France. The 'Frangy' part of this name refers to the village from whence it came, one of 16 villages in the Savoie given cru staus under the AOC. The environment and cold winter temperatures make more natural production the norm in these climes and at Domaine Lupin, they adopt a lutte raisonnee approach (minimal use of chemicals, hand harvested, low yields of around 49hl/ha). Rousette (otherwise known as Altesse) can make exceptional wine and we think this is cracking value for money. As with many of the vineyards in this region the viticulture is lutte raisonnée. (Minimal use of chemicals, low yields, hand harvested) and the yields moderate (49hl/ha).

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