Vidal Fleury Crozes Hermitage Blanc 2020
Type: White
Country: France
Region: Rhone Valley
Grape Variety: Marsanne, Roussanne
Climate: Continental climate with hot summers, cool autumns and winters
Winemaking: Marsanne and Roussanne are harvested in late September and in October respectively. After direct compression musts obtained was cooled to 12 °C and gently decanted. Fermentation with selected yeasts at 18 °C passes in oak casks. Maturation on the lees with regular stirring lasts for 4 months. After filtration, the wine is bottled and allowed to stand still for 3 months
Color: Pale yellow with golden flashes
Nose: Very fresh aromas filled with floral tones, notes of white melon, pear, pronounced minerality
Palate: Fresh, slightly salty, with hints of white peach, honey and toast
About the Winery:
Founded in 1781, Vidal-Fleury is the Rhône Valley’s oldest continuing grower/négociant firm. Thomas Jefferson’s visit in 1787 was its first contact with the United States; he called the wines “justly celebrated”.
During the 1890s, Gustave Vidal married a daughter of the Fleury family. Thanks to her dowry, they replanted the vineyard following the phylloxera outbreak. Then, in the 1920s, the House took an interest in other wine-growing regions throughout the Rhône Valley.
In 1984, Ets. Guigal acquired the company. This step was a logical continuation for the Vidal-Fleury and Guigal families, who had always worked together. Indeed, Etienne Guigal (Marcel’s father) was hired as a vine grower and cellar master by Joseph Vidal-Fleury in 1924. When the Vidal-Fleury family decided to sell the House, as none of its heirs felt like taking over the reins, it naturally turned to the Guigal family. As a result, the company remains family-run. Vidal-Fleury is managed in absolute independence with its own winemaking, logistics and commercial team.
In 2006 Vidal-Fleury began investing to modernize its winery facilities, installing state-of-the-art technology; in 2008, it built a new cellar specifically dedicated to maturing the wines. In addition, Vidal-Fleury’s vineyards are overseen with 100% self-sustaining management practices.
Long considered one of the most respected producers in the Rhône Valley, Vidal-Fleury carries on under the watchful management of Head Winemaker Guy Sarton du Jonchay.
