Maison Bouachon Condrieu ‘Les Tourrays’ 2020
13% abv, Famille Boisset, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, tasted at domaine. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: root day. Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier from the single vineyard, grapes are hand-harvested and the fermentation is conducted slow and cool. 40% of the cuvée is aged in French oak barrels with battônage for four months to add richness. Tasting note: the […]
Vins de Vienne Condrieu ‘La Chambée’ 2020
13.5% abv, Cuilleron, Villard & Gaillard, imported by DHI Selections, Caldwell, NJ. Cork closure: diam. Biodynamic calendar: leaf day. Winemaking notes: 100% Viognier grown on granite soils, aged on the lees in French oak for 9 months. Tasting note: the ‘La Chambée’ is pale gold in color with a clean nose of medium+ intensity with […]
Domaine de Rosiers Condieu 2019
15% abv, Maxime Gourdain-Petit Fils Drevon, Ampuis, imported by Craig Baker Selection/ MISA Imports Inc., Dallas, TX. Cork closure: natural. Biodynamic calendar: fruit day. Winemaking notes: “100% Viognier (planted in 1998 and 2017) from two vineyards, a 0.3 ha sandy topped (arzelle) granite soils of some depth on Faugière, and a 0.12 ha sandy topped (arzelle) very […]
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, […]
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 […]