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Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux
DOMAINE LE SANG DES CAILLOUXUn Sang Blanc
In an appellation built almost entirely on red wine, one sandy parcel near Sarrians grows six white grape varieties side by side, harvesting and pressing them together, then letting them age slowly in oak until they speak with a single voice.
- Wine type
- White wine
- Grape
- Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier
- Appellation
- Vacqueyras AOC
- Origin
- Southern Rhône, France
- Drinking window
- 2025–2031
- Recommended temperature
- 10–12°C
- Alcohol
- 14.0%
- Bottle size
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About the Wine
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux is based in Sarrians, in the southern Rhône appellation of Vacqueyras. Most of the estate's vines are red varieties, but a sandy plot known as Safres, on the Plateau des Garrigues, is set aside for white grapes.
Un Sang Blanc is the cuvée built from that plot: six white varieties — Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Marsanne and Viognier — co-planted, harvested together and fermented as a single field blend.
Taste profile
In the glass
UN SANG BLANC
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Comparative profile within the Bacchus Global wine range.
Honey, toast, peach, apricot and white flowers, layered through extended barrel aging
A rich, textural palate (gras) balanced by fine, precise acidity
Before it reaches the glass
Temperature
10–12°C, slightly warmer than typical for a white wine, so the barrel-derived aromas open without the texture turning rigid
Timing
Best experienced within its 2025–2031 window, following four to six years of bottle age for full harmony
Glassware
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At the table
The wine's oak-derived texture and layered aromatics suit the fat and cream found across Japanese, Thai and Western cooking.
Its combination of weight and precise acidity lets it stand up to butter- and cream-based dishes, as well as the coconut-milk sauces typical of Thai cooking, without one element overpowering the other.
Japanese
- Fatty white fish such as amberjack (buri)
- Butter-grilled scallops and prawns
- Salt-seasoned tempura
Why it worksThe wine's rich texture meets the natural fat of the fish and butter, while its precise acidity refreshes the palate after salt-forward tempura.
Thai
- Seafood massaman curry
- Mild green curry
- Tom kha gai
Why it worksCoconut-based sauces call for a wine with enough weight to match their richness; the wine's texture and aromatic complexity hold their own against these mild, creamy dishes.
Western
- Seared foie gras
- Veal in cream sauce
- Lobster with beurre blanc
Why it worksClassic French preparations built on butter and cream find a natural counterpart in the wine's own textural richness and barrel-derived depth.
From cellar to bottle
Winemaking
Hand-harvested grapes are pressed directly without destemming, then fermented with wild yeast in 450-litre oak barrels over four to five weeks. Batonnage keeps the wine in contact with its lees through malolactic fermentation and twelve months of aging, before bottling unfined and unfiltered.
Product detail
The wine comes from a one-hectare sandy Safres parcel on the Plateau des Garrigues, planted with vines aged ten to twenty years, combining six white varieties as a single co-planted field blend.
Origin
The sandy Safres soils of this parcel are associated with fine mineral character, lively acidity and a long finish in Vacqueyras whites, offsetting the fuller body more typical of southern Rhône white wine.
Official producer website→Critical Recognition
Vinous
Vinous reviewed the 2021 vintage of this wine.
James Suckling
James Suckling reviewed the 2021 vintage of this wine.
Wine Spectator
Wine Spectator rated the 2021 vintage of this wine 92 points.
Decanter
Decanter rated the 2021 Un Sang Blanc 95 points (tasted 7 October 2023).
Trade information
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