François Villard

Fruit d'Avilleran St. Joseph Marsanne

9.07 ratings
9.32 pro ratings
St. Joseph, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Marsanne
Cream Sauces, Chili & Hot Spicy, Veal, Asian Cuisine, Chicken, Pork, Shellfish, Shellfish, Crab & Lobster, Fish
Top Notes For
S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.2

Honey wax. Lemon quartz. Mouth coating and yet never sticky or cloying. Rich. The finish in this one, the legs. This is a beautiful baby.

Honey wax. Lemon quartz. Mouth coating and yet never sticky or cloying. Rich. The finish in this one, the legs. This is a beautiful baby.

Sep 17th, 2015
Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

Family not in the business of winemaking Francois was in cooking school but liked the idea of becoming winemaker and planted his first vines in 1988 then made his first wines in 1991 he makes almost all of the wines available from the north 8 appellations cote rotie condrieu them grilled which is the smallest appellation in France st Joseph coronas st perret they make sparkling therein left are crazes hermitage a hermitage lots of granite except cote rotie schist. Hermitage the soils very complex crazes very similar but not as complex too cold for Grenache in the north. Very pretty bouquet with juicy peach and apricot fruit 100% marsanne varietal this name used to be used for the varietal 20% new burgund barrels more floral and mineral this varietal very pretty white with a smooth creamy textures lovely freshness and balance with pretty floral notes through the finish excellent clementine orange zest

Family not in the business of winemaking Francois was in cooking school but liked the idea of becoming winemaker and planted his first vines in 1988 then made his first wines in 1991 he makes almost all of the wines available from the north 8 appellations cote rotie condrieu them grilled which is the smallest appellation in France st Joseph coronas st perret they make sparkling therein left are crazes hermitage a hermitage lots of granite except cote rotie schist. Hermitage the soils very complex crazes very similar but not as complex too cold for Grenache in the north. Very pretty bouquet with juicy peach and apricot fruit 100% marsanne varietal this name used to be used for the varietal 20% new burgund barrels more floral and mineral this varietal very pretty white with a smooth creamy textures lovely freshness and balance with pretty floral notes through the finish excellent clementine orange zest

Mar 9th, 2014
Peter J.

Soft. Acid comes from mid to finish. Oily

Soft. Acid comes from mid to finish. Oily

Jun 5th, 2015
Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.2

Andrew had this 11 years ago

Andrew had this 11 years ago

Sep 12th, 2014
Augustin Fiévet

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Apr 6th, 2016
Mark Duong

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May 18th, 2015
John Wang

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Apr 1st, 2014
Jeanluc Leger

Jeanluc had this 12 years ago

Jeanluc had this 12 years ago

Sep 26th, 2013