Freddy R. Troya

9.3

Domaine Marc Portaz – Apremont 2021
Vin de Savoie AOC – Savoie, France 🇫🇷

Overview
Made from 100% Jacquère, this white comes from the alpine slopes near Chambéry. Apremont is one of the most famous crus of Savoie, known for producing crisp, mineral-driven wines that reflect their high-altitude terroir and limestone soils.

Aromas & Flavors
Delicate white flowers, green apple, lemon zest, and a touch of mountain herbs. Light, citrus-driven palate with a flinty minerality that lingers.

Mouthfeel
Lean, bright, and bone-dry, with zippy acidity and a refreshing, alpine finish. A classic mountain white—clean and precise.

Food Pairing
Perfect with fondue Savoyarde, raclette, lake fish (like perch or trout), or alpine charcuterie.

Verdict
A textbook Jacquère that delivers purity and freshness. Proof that alpine terroir wines can punch far above their weight in elegance and drinkability.

Personal Highlight
Enjoyed this bottle in Lausanne, Switzerland, where French alpine wines often sit side-by-side with Swiss Chasselas. A reminder of how borders blur when it comes to great alpine whites. Cheers! — 9 months ago

Kate

9.5

Easy drinking organic red — 5 years ago

Pablo

9.1

Green apples and lime — 7 years ago

Lindsey King

9.3

Wow, what an undervalued wine! So aromatic, rich mushroom and foraged raspberry. Warm ripe fruit so well balanced with high pitched acid. Doing lots of nice things for my brain. Love this region and this style! ⛰🍄🍓 — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.5

27 September 2017. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 9 years ago

Matty Colston

9.1

Checking in on this one. Purchased a case for the restaurant 2 years ago and it wasn't ready. Now it's beautifully subtle, quiet and peaceful as the place it comes from. I want to sleep naked in a bed with sheets that have the same texture as this wine. — 9 years ago

Olin Cramer

9.1

High acidity and minerality presence. Lemon, green apple. Refreshing — 10 years ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

floral nose, smooth, a granny apple l, with the bouquet…it’s 11.5, perfect for quenching the late summer thirst — 9 months ago

with Jennifer

Nate Wall

Winemaker at Troon Vineyard

9.0

Mmm, delicious. Altesse is likely my favorite Savoie white. While I live how Jacquere can almost have this ethereal quality to it, very pure mountain air kind of feel, Altesse brings this weight and depth which is really intriguing. This 2016 is just starting to show a little oxidation, but in a gracefully aged sort of way. Apple skin, delicate white flowers, slight brioche, lemon zest and loads of minerality on the finish. Delightful. — 4 years ago

Michelle M

9.1

Toasty biscuit, tart apricot, lime zest in the bouquet. Stone fruit, cave minerals, lemon curd, hints of golden apple on the palate. Zesty bubbly that’s well balanced... Happy New Year!! — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.4

100% Roussanne.

Nose...If I ever had a white that I could tell you was "oily" this is that wine. Caramelized honey, pear, guava and wet clay.

Palate is hazelnut butter, macerated pear, over-ripe apricot. F...this is an amazing bottle, I don't happen across Roussanne like this everyday, or like ever! — 8 years ago

Lois Hale

9.0

Mom likes; Dad hummmm. Mom's 2017 birthday wine. — 9 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.6

24 March 2017. Sauvage, Brooklyn, NY. — 9 years ago

Ann Elizabeth Mekala

10

This was stunning. May have been my favorite bottle I’ve ever had.

Hay, butterscotch, spiced apple. Just magical. — 10 months ago

Jim Nelson

9.2

Last time I rated the 9.1. My mood improved — 4 years ago

with Camille

Rhonely Boy

9.0

Love it, fruity yummy Bugey Gamay — 6 years ago

E & K G

9.0

Energetic white! Need to give It some time if you the tension and energy I. The bottle. — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.3

11 June 2018. Frenchette, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.3

Awesome balance of acid and roundness. Saline, Meyer lemon pith and juice, minerals. — 9 years ago

with Lynne

Michael Piaker

9.2

31 January 2017. Rouge Tomate, New York, NY. — 9 years ago