Triennes : Viognier Sainte Fleur 2019

Tasting characteristics and advice for Triennes’ Viognier Sainte Fleur 2019

Tasting

Appearance

The wine displays a yellow hue with golden highlights.

Nose

The nose is intense and complex, revealing aromas of apricot, honeysuckle, and lavender honey. Notes of white flowers and exotic fruits complete this generous aromatic bouquet.

Palate

On the palate, this wine expresses peach aromas that extend the sensations perceived on the nose. The balance is remarkable, combining aromatic richness, lively acidity, and minerality. The texture offers lovely roundness while maintaining freshness and vibrancy through to the finish.

Food and wine pairings

This Viognier Sainte Fleur 2019 pairs perfectly with exotic cuisine, lemony dishes, or preparations lifted by spices. It also goes very well with mildly seasoned Japanese and Asian cuisine. Grilled fish, shellfish, and soft cheeses also make excellent pairings. This wine can also be enjoyed as an aperitif.

Serving and cellaring

Viognier Sainte Fleur 2019 is ideally served between 8 and 10°C. Ready to drink now, this wine can be cellared until around 2028.

An IGP Méditerranée viognier combining aromatic intensity and freshness

The estate

The Triennes estate was founded in the late 1980s by three enthusiasts.
Two Burgundy winemakers, Jacques Seysses of Domaine Dujac and Aubert de Villaine of the iconic Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, joined forces with a Parisian friend, Michel Macaux, and began searching for terroirs in the Var capable of producing great wines that fully express the richness of this winegrowing region.
Their quest ended in late 1989 at an estate then called “Le Logis de Nans”.
In honor of the Triennia, religious festivals celebrated every three years under the Roman Empire, and echoing this adventure sparked by the three partners, the estate was renamed “Triennes”.
Drawing on their Burgundy experience, the three partners carried out major vineyard renewal and maintenance work (replanting, grafting over, massal selections) to produce refined wines that reflect the quality of their terroir..

The vineyard

Viognier Sainte Fleur comes from twelve hectares of vines classified as IGP Méditerranée. The vineyard benefits from a privileged location, between 350 and 400 meters above sea level, on a south-facing hillside. Sheltered by Mont Aurélien and facing the Massif de la Sainte-Baume, it enjoys an ideal microclimate characterized by a wide day-night temperature range. The clay-limestone soils, similar to those of Burgundy, give the wine its distinctive minerality. The estate practices cover cropping on every other row to control vine vigor and preserve biodiversity. Yields are deliberately limited to between twenty-five and thirty-five hectoliters per hectare depending on the plots.

Vinification and aging

Viognier Sainte Fleur 2019 is vinified in temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks to preserve the finesse of the fruit and aromatic freshness. Fermentation takes place under temperature control. Aging is carried out on fine lees in stainless-steel tanks, with no oak and no malolactic fermentation, thereby preserving the pure expression of the grape variety and the terroir.

Grape variety

100% viognier