Discover Organic Viognier & Marsanne Wines
Explore our selection of certified organic white wines featuring Viognier and Marsanne, two noble Rhône varieties celebrated for their aromatic intensity, textural richness, and exceptional food versatility. These wines showcase sustainable viticulture practices that honour the land whilst expressing the distinctive character of these expressive grape varieties.
Organic Viticulture for Aromatic Whites
Organic wine production eliminates synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilisers, instead employing natural compost, cover crops, and biological pest management to maintain vineyard health. This approach is particularly beneficial for aromatic varieties like Viognier and Marsanne, as organic practices encourage natural vine balance, enhance soil biodiversity, and produce grapes with concentrated aromatics and pure varietal expression. The result is wines with authentic terroir character and exceptional flavour purity.
Viognier: The Aromatic Jewel
Viognier is one of the world's most aromatic white grape varieties, originating from the northern Rhône Valley in France, particularly the renowned appellation of Condrieu. This variety produces full-bodied white wines with distinctive floral and stone fruit aromatics, including apricot, peach, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. Viognier's naturally low acidity and rich texture create wines with voluptuous mouthfeel and immediate appeal.
The variety thrives in warm to moderate climates with well-drained soils, making it well-suited to organic viticulture in regions with consistent sunshine and low disease pressure. Viognier vines require careful canopy management to balance the variety's vigorous growth with optimal fruit exposure, a practice that organic growers excel at through natural vineyard techniques.
Marsanne: Rhône's Elegant Workhorse
Marsanne is a classic white Rhône variety known for producing full-bodied, age-worthy white wines with distinctive honeyed, nutty, and stone fruit characteristics. Originating from the northern Rhône appellations of Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, and Saint-Joseph, Marsanne creates wines with medium acidity, rich texture, and remarkable complexity that develops beautifully with age.
Marsanne displays flavours of quince, almond, honeysuckle, and citrus peel, with a waxy texture and substantial body. The variety is particularly well-suited to organic farming due to its natural vigour and disease resistance, thriving in granite and limestone soils that provide excellent drainage and mineral complexity.
Australian Expressions: Rhône Varieties Down Under
Australia has emerged as a world leader in Rhône variety production, with regions across Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales cultivating exceptional organic Viognier and Marsanne. The Yarra Valley, Heathcote, and Goulburn Valley in Victoria offer diverse terroirs ranging from cool-climate sites to warmer inland areas, all suitable for these varieties.
Victoria's continental climate, characterised by warm to hot summers, cool nights, and moderate rainfall, creates ideal conditions for organic Viognier and Marsanne production. Ancient Cambrian soils in regions like Heathcote and granite-based soils in the Yarra Valley provide excellent drainage and mineral complexity, whilst organic practices enhance the natural expression of these distinctive terroirs.
Australian organic Viognier typically displays ripe apricot and peach fruit, floral aromatics, and rich, textured palates with balanced alcohol. Marsanne from Australian organic vineyards showcases honeyed stone fruit, nutty complexity, and substantial body with excellent ageing potential.
Viognier Marsanne Blends: Rhône Tradition
The blending of Viognier and Marsanne represents a classic Rhône tradition, combining Viognier's aromatic intensity and immediate appeal with Marsanne's structure, texture, and age-worthiness. These blends offer the best of both varieties: perfumed aromatics, rich mouthfeel, balanced acidity, and complexity that evolves beautifully over time.
Organic Viognier Marsanne blends benefit from sustainable farming practices that allow each variety to achieve optimal ripeness and varietal expression. The combination creates versatile food wines with sufficient body and texture to complement rich dishes whilst maintaining the freshness and aromatics that make these varieties so appealing.
Climate & Terroir
Both Viognier and Marsanne thrive in warm, sunny climates with well-drained soils. Ideal growing conditions include warm to hot summers with consistent sunshine, cool nights that preserve aromatics and acidity, moderate rainfall with dry harvest periods, and granite, limestone, or schist-based soils that provide excellent drainage and mineral complexity. These conditions are found in Australia's premier wine regions and support successful organic viticulture with minimal intervention.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing
Organic Viognier and Marsanne wines display golden to pale gold colour, intense aromatics of apricot, peach, honeysuckle, and citrus blossom, full body with rich, textured palate, and medium acidity with a long, flavourful finish. These wines pair beautifully with roasted chicken and turkey, seafood in rich sauces, Asian cuisine with aromatic spices, soft cheeses and pâtés, and roasted root vegetables.
We offer great value on certified organic Viognier and Marsanne wines, showcasing these distinctive Rhône varieties through sustainable viticulture, delivered across Australia.
