Les Vins de Vienne Condrieu ‘La Chambée’ 2019
14.5%abv, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: diam. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier, grown over granite and loess soils, and aged for 9 months on lees in French oak. Tasting note: The Condriue is medium gold with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with aromas of honeysuckle, jasmine, beeswax, peach, […]
Mathilde Chapoutier Duché d’Uzès Blanc 2018
13.5% abv, Famille Chapoutier, Tain, imported by Saranty Imports, Stamford, CT. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. It’s hard to think of a Rhône Valley wine appellation as anonymous or undiscovered as Duché d’Uzès. Located in the Southern Rhône proper, Duché d’Uzès was promoted from a Vin de Pays (or IGP) region to full […]
Domaine de Rosiers Condrieu 2017
14% abv, Maxime Gourdain-Petit Fils Drevon, Ampuis, imported by Craig Baker Selection/ MISA Imports Inc., Dallas, TX. To Condrieu in the Northern Rhone river valley we owe such a debt for being the garden of Viognier. Once on the edge of extinction, and in deep decline, Condrieu was Viognier’s last bastions, holding almost the entirety […]