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France - Rhone Valley - Condrieu

Condrieu (From the French coin de ruisseau meaning "corner of the brook") is a French wine-growing Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) located in the northern Rhône wine, near Vienne and to the south of the Côte-Rôtie AOC.

The vineyards are situated in the seven communes of Limony, Chavanay, Malleval, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, Saint-Pierre-de Boeuf, Vérin, and Condrieu in the French departments of Ardèche, Rhône and Loire on the steep slopes of the foothills of the Massif Central on the right bank of the Rhône river.

The four southernmost communes can also produce wine under the Saint-Joseph AOC. The wines made in this AOC are exclusively white, from the Viognier grape, which may have originated in the region. Within Condrieu is the enclave AOC of Château-Grillet, producing wines that are also 100% Viognier.

Domaine Cuilleron, 2008, Condrieu La Petite Côte.

Bin No

EN2625

Size

75cl

Price

£44.00

Grape Varieties: 100% Viognier .

Tasting Note: Pineapple and hay aromas with some by floral and herbaceous nuances. Juicy, light and fresh; a wine of modest size and depth, but one with good mineral spine and liveliness.

Vinification Note: The grapes for all of Cuilleron's Condrieu's are harvested by hand, and when you see the precipitous slopes of the appellation you can see why. All the wines are fermented in French oak barrels. A portion of the wine is then aged in oak while the remainder is transferred to tank to await the blending.

Domaine Cuilleron, 2008, Les Chaillets, Vieilles Vignes.

Bin No

EN599

Size

75cl

Price

£62.50

Grape Varieties: 100% Viognier .

Tasting Note: Wonderfully opulent and perfumed on the nose with dollops of honey allied to blossom and spicy complexity. The palate is rich and full again with great acidity, giving the wine and exceptional balance, and we suspect longevity.

Vinification Note: Grapes are vinified dry from grapes harvested in September and October Cuilleron vinifies his various vineyard parcels separately, then puts together his wines in the weeks before the bottling.

As with all Cuillerons Condrieus the grapes for Les Chaillets are all harvested by hand but from selected older areas. All the wine is fermented in oak, 60% of which is new. At the turn of the century a handful of vines growers entirely renovated this vineyard. The wines produced from the viognier grape variety, are exclusively white and are renown for their bouquet of violets and apricots.

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