January 16, 2021 - Very deep Golden color. White peach and eucalyptus on the nose. Viscous and oily. Not much acidity. Long finish with some white pepper hints. Had this with French mussels. Quite delicious. A stark contrast to the white burgundy we started our dinner with. Haven’t had an aged nine year old condrieu from my cellar before so nice to try this!
April 3, 2020 - Beautiful- very floral white peach and apricot nose; oily viscous mouthful with a long finish: same sweet white stone fruit; some very minor hints of petrol or diesel; just a dash of salinity. The thing this lacks for me personally is more acidity to propel it to a higher score. But very enjoyable.
December 15, 2017 - Nose is good with more white flower hint. Palate is little bit one dimension with very very low acidity. Almost sweet. Has it's own character but seems not to match the high score what RP gave.
July 13, 2017 - PnP, but the wine color was unusually dark and the wine was completely pre-moxed and undrinkable. Purchased from K&L.
December 25, 2016 - Bottle was flawed unfortunately and undrinkable, piercing flavours of brett on the nose and palate
December 16, 2016 - Two bottles opened. Darker color than is typical for this wine. A nice, but not the exuberant and explosive nose this wine often gives. Slightly tired in the mouth. I like condrieu with a little age, but this wine was better a few years ago. Drink up.
December 3, 2016 - Zachys Holiday - Dec 2016 (Smith & Wollensky (48th & 3rd Ave)): Perfect pairing with the seafood buffet they always do at Smith & Wollensky for the auctions. White fleshy fruit, hints of spice, and a butteriness that works particularly well with lobster.
May 8, 2016 - I found this be overly fruity, especially when compared to the Gangloff which we drank afterwards.
Hope it comes into balance with age
March 21, 2016 - stefanakiko's notes below describe the wine well; we disagree only on the question of enjoyment. (And so that's a credit to his descriptions, bravo.) This was our second and last bottle over the past two years, and we are sorry not to have at least one more.
December 26, 2014 - Wineferno Tokyo 2014 (La Rochelle Akasaka (Tokyo)): Have no bearing in my world of wines. Will keep the rest for a long time as the perfumey character of Viognier does nothing for us.
Happy, fruity, well oaked, young inviting nose. Chardonnay aromas on perfume speed.
Per os: Low level acids and a small, very charming, bitter twist in the finish. Flowery, but less perfumed than the nose. Violets. Intense, but short and rather non-complex.
Typical for the grape.
Wife: Frown.