St Joseph blanc Dimanche à Lima 2024 Julien Pilon
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Product Details
- Format
- 75 cl
- Region
- VALLEE DU RHONE
- Vintage
- 2024
- Classification
- VILLAGE
- Appellation
- SAINT JOSEPH
- Alcohol
- 13.5°
- Colour
- White
- Country
- FRANCE
- Taster
- Adrien
A rare Saint-Joseph white from Julien Pilon, and his true specialty. Equal parts Marsanne and Roussanne from six parcels across the northern appellation, vinified with the precision and delicacy that built this domaine's reputation.
The Saint-Joseph Blanc Dimanche à Lima 2024 from Julien Pilon carries the entire story of this domaine in its name. On a Sunday in Lima, Peru, Julien and his wife completed their round-the-world journey and made the irreversible decision to return home and make wine. Rated 91/100 by the Revue du Vin de France, this iconic cuvée is among the most complex, richest, and most gastronomic expressions in the range, a Saint-Joseph blanc of true scale and poise.
The terroir and vineyard
Dimanche à Lima is a blend of six parcels spread from north to south across the Saint-Joseph appellation, with much of the fruit concentrated around Chavanay in the north. The vines sit on steep slopes overlooking the Rhône, exposed south to south-east, an ideal orientation that ensures generous sunlight while preserving the natural freshness of these northern white varieties. The soils are primarily granitic sand with calcareous layers in places, a dual pedological character that brings both the mineral tension and nervosity of northern Rhône granite and the richness and natural fat of the calcareous terroirs. Marsanne and Roussanne, at 50 percent each, form a classical and complementary blend: Marsanne contributes structure, richness, and floral and honeyed notes; Roussanne brings elegance, natural acidity, and white fruit and citrus aromas. Each parcel is hand-harvested, vinified and aged separately, then assembled in barrel, an approach that ensures terroir fidelity and complexity in every vintage.
On the palate
The colour is a beautiful luminous gold, bright and intense. The nose shows remarkable aromatic richness and complexity from the first moment: intense floral notes, white flowers, acacia, honeysuckle, mingle with white stone fruits, melon and citrus, deepened by honeyed touches and a light note of beeswax that recalls mature Marsanne at its fullest. Discreet tropical fruit nuances, mango and passion fruit, enrich this bouquet with rare generosity. On the palate the wine is ample, dense and opulent, with a rich, fat structure that unfolds with elegance. The characteristic tension of Saint-Joseph's granitic terroirs runs through like a thread, bringing freshness and rigour to a generous structure. The texture is silky and profound, and the long finish closes on delicate bitter notes and persistent citrus that give the wine its considerable length and drinkability. A gastronomic wine in every sense, to drink now with 20 minutes of decanting or to keep five to eight years in cellar.
The domaine
Julien Pilon is one of the most engaging and promising figures in the northern Rhône vineyard. Settled in Chavanay on the right bank of the Rhône, he made his first vintages in 2010 from his parents' garage, with neither land nor winery of his own, before gradually building a producer-négociant structure whose reputation grew vintage by vintage, recognised with a star by the Revue du Vin de France. Trained with Yves Cuilleron, then at Mas Amiel in Roussillon, in Spain at Terra Remota, at Banyuls alongside Pierre and Pascale Gaillard, and finally with Pierre-Jean Villa in Chavanay, he has forged a precise and recognisable personal style. His guiding principle is clear: care in the ageing, individualise each parcel and each vintage, respect the purity of the fruit and the finesse of the wine. His range now extends from IGP Collines Rhodaniennes to Hermitage Grand Cru, each cuvée bearing a name of memory and fancy, Dimanche à Lima, On the Rhône Again, Mon Grand Père était Limonadier, like postcards from a life well lived.
Food pairing
This Saint-Joseph Blanc Dimanche à Lima pairs beautifully with crayfish fricassée in cream, roasted sea bass fillets with fresh herbs, scallops with white truffle, pike quenelle with beurre blanc, Bresse chicken with cream and morels, or sweetbreads braised with wild mushrooms. It will also work well with pressed-curd cheeses like a 18-month Comté or aged Saint-Nectaire. Serve at 12 to 13°C with a light decanting, and it will reveal all the richness, complexity and tension of a great northern Rhône white.
The terroir and vineyard
Dimanche à Lima is a blend of six parcels spread from north to south across the Saint-Joseph appellation, with much of the fruit concentrated around Chavanay in the north. The vines sit on steep slopes overlooking the Rhône, exposed south to south-east, an ideal orientation that ensures generous sunlight while preserving the natural freshness of these northern white varieties. The soils are primarily granitic sand with calcareous layers in places, a dual pedological character that brings both the mineral tension and nervosity of northern Rhône granite and the richness and natural fat of the calcareous terroirs. Marsanne and Roussanne, at 50 percent each, form a classical and complementary blend: Marsanne contributes structure, richness, and floral and honeyed notes; Roussanne brings elegance, natural acidity, and white fruit and citrus aromas. Each parcel is hand-harvested, vinified and aged separately, then assembled in barrel, an approach that ensures terroir fidelity and complexity in every vintage.
On the palate
The colour is a beautiful luminous gold, bright and intense. The nose shows remarkable aromatic richness and complexity from the first moment: intense floral notes, white flowers, acacia, honeysuckle, mingle with white stone fruits, melon and citrus, deepened by honeyed touches and a light note of beeswax that recalls mature Marsanne at its fullest. Discreet tropical fruit nuances, mango and passion fruit, enrich this bouquet with rare generosity. On the palate the wine is ample, dense and opulent, with a rich, fat structure that unfolds with elegance. The characteristic tension of Saint-Joseph's granitic terroirs runs through like a thread, bringing freshness and rigour to a generous structure. The texture is silky and profound, and the long finish closes on delicate bitter notes and persistent citrus that give the wine its considerable length and drinkability. A gastronomic wine in every sense, to drink now with 20 minutes of decanting or to keep five to eight years in cellar.
The domaine
Julien Pilon is one of the most engaging and promising figures in the northern Rhône vineyard. Settled in Chavanay on the right bank of the Rhône, he made his first vintages in 2010 from his parents' garage, with neither land nor winery of his own, before gradually building a producer-négociant structure whose reputation grew vintage by vintage, recognised with a star by the Revue du Vin de France. Trained with Yves Cuilleron, then at Mas Amiel in Roussillon, in Spain at Terra Remota, at Banyuls alongside Pierre and Pascale Gaillard, and finally with Pierre-Jean Villa in Chavanay, he has forged a precise and recognisable personal style. His guiding principle is clear: care in the ageing, individualise each parcel and each vintage, respect the purity of the fruit and the finesse of the wine. His range now extends from IGP Collines Rhodaniennes to Hermitage Grand Cru, each cuvée bearing a name of memory and fancy, Dimanche à Lima, On the Rhône Again, Mon Grand Père était Limonadier, like postcards from a life well lived.
Food pairing
This Saint-Joseph Blanc Dimanche à Lima pairs beautifully with crayfish fricassée in cream, roasted sea bass fillets with fresh herbs, scallops with white truffle, pike quenelle with beurre blanc, Bresse chicken with cream and morels, or sweetbreads braised with wild mushrooms. It will also work well with pressed-curd cheeses like a 18-month Comté or aged Saint-Nectaire. Serve at 12 to 13°C with a light decanting, and it will reveal all the richness, complexity and tension of a great northern Rhône white.
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