A Northern Rhône Unicorn
2019 Gilles Robin Les Marelles Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
When you talk about the Northern Rhône, everyone immediately thinks of Syrah. That’s exactly why finding a brilliant, high-tension white wine from Crozes-Hermitage feels like striking gold. Less than 10% of the entire appellation produces white wine, and the Les Marelles cuvée from Gilles Robin is the definition of an insider secret. This isn't a wine you casually find on a supermarket shelf. It is a tiny-production, hyper-focused blend of 60% Roussanne and 40% Marsanne that gets snatched up by…
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Minuscule Annual Production
$35.00
Our Price
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Tasting notes
Aroma
Massive, lifted aromatics leap from the glass—crushed Anjou pear, vibrant white blossoms, and a sharp, crushed-gravel minerality that practically begs you to take a sip.
Palate
An absolute textural thrill ride. It hits the palate with serious, oily weight and deeply concentrated yellow stone fruit, then immediately snaps into focus with a crackling, electric acidity and a savory, mouthwatering finish that lingers for ages.
White Wine Body Profile
Light
Bold
Body Profile
Balanced
45/100 Intensity
Light
Bold
45.0/100
Feather-light
Lifted
Balanced
Structured
Powerful
Grapes
60% Roussanne, 40% Marsanne
ABV
13.5%
Serving
45–50°F
Window
2025–2049
In Detail
A rare, precision-driven Crozes-Hermitage Blanc
When you talk about the Northern Rhône, everyone immediately thinks of Syrah. That’s exactly why finding a brilliant, high-tension white wine from Crozes-Hermitage feels like striking gold. Less than 10% of the entire appellation produces white wine, and the Les Marelles cuvée from Gilles Robin is the definition of an insider secret.
This isn't a wine you casually find on a supermarket shelf. It is a tiny-production, hyper-focused blend of 60% Roussanne and 40% Marsanne that gets snatched up by savvy collectors and Michelin-starred sommeliers almost the moment it’s released. Robin’s obsessive dual-aging process—locking in the Roussanne's electricity in stainless steel while building massive, luxurious texture for the Marsanne in oak—creates a white wine that completely over-delivers on complexity and sheer drinking pleasure.
Allocations of top-tier white Rhône are notoriously microscopic, and when this small parcel is gone, we cannot guarantee we will ever see it again. Do not wait on this one.
