Domaine de l’Idylle Savoie Mondeuse Domaine de l’Idylle Savoie Mondeuse

2017

Domaine de l’Idylle Savoie Mondeuse

•Owners : Philippe et Francois Tiollier

•20 hectares in total, high environmental standards and bio diversity

•Cruet and Arbin are two of the top crus of Savoie

•Cellars in the village of Cruet, halfway between Chambery and Albertville, vineyards planted around the village, on southfacing slopes of Isere Valley within « massif des Bauges » national Park

•Very close to Tignes, Val d’sere, les Arcs, La Plagne…

•Stony alluvial topsils on clay-limetsone base

•100% Mondeuse

•20-30 year old vines (vieilles vignes are 40-60 years old)

•Hand harvested with 70% destemming, stainless fermentation, ageing almost exclusively in vat

•Long family tradition (170 years), this is a real quality leader in the region, with concentration and weight to balance the natural acidity of the wines

•Mondeuse may be the same as Italian Refosco and one of the ancestors of Syrah. Produces fine wines with good structure and crisp balancing acidity

  • Type Red
  • Grape variety 100% Mondeuse
  • Appellation Savoie AOC
  • Country France
  • Region Savoie
  • Year 2017