Rhone blanc Wine

Certainly Rhone blanc is not a grape type. These wines are most often blends of several varietals so I’ll provide a sense of the wine here but we've also listed the wines under their predominate constituents. For example, if you search for Rhone blanc, Marsanne or Roussanne wine included among the wines returned in each search will be Les Vins de Viennes St. Joseph blanc as it is a white Rhone wine dominated by Marsanne wine and Roussanne wine. See?

It is in the southern Rhone where Marsanne, Roussanne, Grenache blanc, Bourboulenc, Viognier principally and still others besides are used in blended white wines. When I say predominate grape it’s usually but not necessarily as a percentage of the blend but rather as it contributes to the wine’s fragrance, flavour and finish. So here we go…

White Rhones are medium-bodied wines that are very aromatic often of stone fruits, like apricot, or citrus, particularly zest. Flavours of brioche and other baked goods or of melon dance around a core of minerality. All this can make for a pretty rich wine but bracing acidity keeps the wines fresh at least in their youth.