Domaine Gramenon Vie on y est Côtes du Rhône Blanc
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Vie on y est is a white Côtes du Rhône from France's Rhône Valley, blended from Viognier and Clairette. The grapes are picked by hand and sorted, then fermented with natural yeasts in barrels. Malolactic fermentation is blocked depending on the vintage. The wine ages for 6 months in barrels without racking.
Domaine Gramenon was founded in 1978 in Montbrison-sur-Lez in the Drôme Provençale, at 350 meters altitude in the northernmost part of the southern Côtes du Rhône. Its soils combine limestone with sandy layers left by an ancient sea, and clays deposited by the river system. Many of their Grenache parcels are 50 to 120 years old, and new vines come from massal selection. The vineyard has been farmed naturally and organically since 1978. After climate setbacks in the 2000s weakened the old vines, they adopted biodynamics and earned DEMETER certification in 2010. Picking is exclusively by hand.