Isabel Ferrando, Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc, Saint Prefert, Rhone, 2025

Isabel Ferrando, Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc, Saint Prefert, Rhone, 2025The Chteauneuf du Pape blanc Isabel FERRANDO is produced on two HA in the Saint Prefert district, two parcels which each bring their own complexity to this great wine. Two main grape varieties come together in this wine, the Roussanne for the sensuality of Provence, the acacia flower and the sweetness, and the delicate Clairette for its salinity and freshness. From now on, this great wine of Cru succeeds its elder brother of Saint Prefert. It is

The winery was founded in 1989

The estate is owned by the Joly family

Szechwan pepper

trained as bush vines

only about 15

But don't tell too many people

Grapes: Syrah

the slope’s stony soils mix brown limestone and iron-rich marl

and a mineral finish

Chardonnay

This is a wine of concentration and intensity in all its elements: acidity

This remote site in the Paso Robles Highlands District sits beneath limestone cliffs and features marine fossils in the soils after which the vineyard was named