2006 E. Guigal Condrieu La Doriane

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  5/27/2019 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 96 Points

  On a third tasting, I love this wine. Perhaps this bottle is less oxidized than the other bottles I tried. Or perhaps my tastes have changed radically. Either way, I find the aromas of dried apricots, musk, dried ginger, and slivered almonds intoxicating. The rich flavor and oily mouthfeel is delightfully decadent. And the finish is immense.

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  3/23/2019 - rmalloy wrote: 86 Points

  Like the bottle I tasted 6 months ago, this bottle is quite mature (i.e., oxidized). Lots of butterscotch and hazelnut, along with thick tropical fruit. Good minerality. The finish is bitter, and alcohol is noticeable too. While this wine is far more interesting and complex than most white wines, I see little else to commend about it. More generally, I'm not convinced about the wisdom of aging any dry white wine for 10+ years.

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  10/7/2018 - Raage Does not like this wine: 80 Points

  Le viognier typique auquel je n'adhère pas, ciré, limite oxy qui a perdu fraicheur et charme, qui se montre puissant, concentré, massif, et donc sans relief ni finesse. Un bloc sans âme!
  Je crois définitivement que cette cuvée doit être bu assez jeune pour garder du relief et de la buvabilité. Quoique...

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  9/19/2018 - acheng wrote: 92 Points

  Drinking fabulous. From memory about 1 month ago when it was brought to a dinner.

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  9/11/2018 - rmalloy wrote:

  This wine, or at least this bottle, was bronze in color and quite oxidized, with a strong sherry-like nuttiness and a butterscotch sweetness. I liked the wine (I like sherry). But I felt the mature aromas -- which my wife described below as "century eggs flavored with soy sauce" -- obscured varietal characteristics. I have two more bottles of this wine, and I'm curious to see whether they taste the same.

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