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M. Chapoutier La Combe Pilate Viognier is white wine bottled as an Indication Geographic Protegee Collines Rhodaniennes. The IGP Collines Rhodaniennes is an appellation which essentially covers the vineyards of the northern Rhone, stretching from Lyon in the north to Montélimar in the south. It is part of the Chapoutier’s “Alchemy” range of wines.
Maison Chapoutier has grown into one of the largest and most recognisable producers of Rhone wines. The company dates back to 1808 when Michel Chapoutier’s distant ancestor Polydor Chapoutier bought a parcel of vines in the Rhone Valley. Today the Chapoutier has vineyards throughout the Rhone from Côte Rôtie in the north to Luberon in the south as well as having overseas projects like Domaine Tournon in Victoria, Australia.
Michel is committed to making the best wines whilst respecting the environment. Chapoutier now owns the largest biodynamic vineyard in Europe. It is his personal conviction that “the complexity in a wine comes from the level of microbiological activity around the vine roots”. Soils on the Chapoutier estate never see pesticides or herbicides, floral growth amongst the vines is essential, and the natural cycles of the earth, sun and moon are also considered.
The grapes for the M. Chapoutier La Combe Pilate Viognier are sourced from vineyards sited on clay, quartz pebbles, limestone gravel and loess. Areas with leptynites (gneissic metamorphic rock) granitoids.
As with all Chapoutier’s wines, this wine features braille on the label.
M. Chapoutier La Combe Pilate Viognier has delicate with notes of bergamot and flint stone. Very fresh on entry, dominated by the typical Viognier aromas of bergamot and flint stone. On the mid-palate, there is good balance between the acidic tension associated with its terroir of origin and the natural full body of the varietal and its ageing. The finish is savoury, bringing out the rustic and mineral overtones.
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