{"product_id":"2024-saint-joseph-blanc-domaine-graeme-julie-bott","title":"Saint-Joseph Blanc, Domaine Graeme \u0026 Julie Bott 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAromatic and lifted, with orchard fruit and white flowers, and a stony, mineral line running underneath. The palate is fresh and vibrant rather than heavy, with a delicate saltiness on the finish and enough texture from the barrel to give it shape. Roussanne and Marsanne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine Graeme \u0026amp; Julie Bott is one of the northern Rhône's newer names, and one of its most promising. Graeme is from New Zealand and Julie a native of the northern Rhône; they met working at Domaine Ogier in Côte-Rôtie, then found that the garden of their first house sat on the Condrieu hillside of Vérin, and built a ten-hectare domaine from there across Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph and the little-known Seyssuel, working now from their own cellar beneath La Mouline. The white comes from plots at Chavanay and Saint-Pierre de Bœuf in the northern part of the appellation, on steep granite at 250–300 metres where the day-to-night temperature swing keeps natural freshness; the vines are ten to twenty years old, planted at 8,000 per hectare, trained by the traditional échalas stake method and hand-harvested parcel by parcel. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed for a pure, aromatic juice, cold-settled and racked clear, then fermented at 15–16°C in old French oak barrels of 225, 350, 400 and 500 litres with neutral selected yeasts, and aged nine months on its lees without bâtonnage to keep the style clean and mineral. 2024 had an excellent sun-to-rain ratio and the vines never came under stress; picking ran from around 8th September into early October, and the cooler season gave notable freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10–12°C. Good with grilled sea bass, crab, roast chicken with herbs, or a goat's cheese salad. Drink now and over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a DIAM technical cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Graeme \u0026 Julie Bott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476514771327,"sku":"HNW-5048124A","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5048124A.jpg?v=1789922494","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2024-saint-joseph-blanc-domaine-graeme-julie-bott","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}