From: Savoie, France
Varietal: Jacquère
Taste: This wine is bright, clean, and refreshing with notes of freshly sliced lemon, green apple, white pear, and a textbook Savoie minerality.
Pairing: Jacquère is a white grape varietal that makes easy-drinking, delicious white wines. They're versatile and fantastic as an aperitif on their own, or alongside light appetizers, savory pastries, pierogies, clams, mussels, white fish, and almost anything that incorporates vegetables. We love Celia Barbour's recipe for a Leek, Mushroom and Goat Cheese Tart.
About. Comprised of 10 hectares of vines, Domaine Labbé is located 15 km south of Chambéry, a village famous for its Vermouth and cheese. Domaine Labbé was founded by the fathers of cousins Alexandra and Jérome Labbe in 1975. At the time, their parents were subsistence farmers cultivating a little bit of everything, including milk, cows, beef, hay, wheat, and some table grapes. To survive economically, one brother, a charcutier (pork butcher), and the other, a construction entrepreneur, worked with the vines on the weekends and planted Jacquère in their spare time. Alexandra inherited the domaine in 2004.