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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AudunG on 5/28/2023 & rated 93 points: Aromas of fruit cake, marsipan and butter malt. Fat and full bodied with low acidity, but also elegant. Concentrated, with a long aftertaste. (760 views) | | | Tasted by AudunG on 3/11/2023 & rated 93 points: Dark yellow color. Aromas of fruit cake, marsipan and butter malt. Fat and full bodied with low acidity. Concentrated, with a very long aftertaste. (830 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 1/21/2022: An evening of Rhone (Ponte Vedre Club): Young and very fresh and almost a hint green in style although I do mean that in a good way. It's a bit reticent and while it opened through the night it never quite got to where the 2006 did in terms of brightness. I think it's a years thing. This was also around the time of the handover from old to new ownership I think. A classic style of wine that we enjoyed. (2537 views) | | | Tasted by ozyloy on 1/14/2022 & rated 92 points: Clear medium lemon.
On the nose, golden apple, young peach, cinnamon spice, musk, jasmine, osmanthus, buttery oak.
Medium+ acidity, full body, pronounced intensity of peach, white flowers, pungent spice, apple, oak. Medium+ floral finish.
Bigger on the palate than the nose, which feels like it is still developing. A serious wine that calls for due attention, although I am not sure it is worth the typical asking prices these days. (697 views) | | | Tasted by GuWin on 12/6/2021 & rated 93 points: BYO Litteraturhuset (Litteraturhuset i Oslo): Lys gyllen med grønnskjær. Gule sitrustoner (mandarin, klementin), hint av bivoks og lanolin. God fylde i anslaget, veldig konsentrert, rik stil. Gruppen var raskt i nord-Rhône grunnet kombinasjonen fylde/fedme og lavere syre men allikevel veldig tiltalende og med god balanse. Småfet og med flott struktur. Ungdommelig til å være 10 år gammel, veldig kult å smake denne vinen fra Frankrikes minste appellasjon (2336 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 2/10/2021 & rated 92 points: [Blind] At first this is pretty indistinguishable from the Vernay Condrieu to me, but I have very little experience with white Rhone. Maybe just a hint darker in colour here. Nose is smoky and waxy. Exotic spice, coriander, cumin. Palate is similarly dry and pithy. Almost bitter. Uniquely striking / coating on the back palate. Interesting to try. (2524 views) | | | Tasted by Neuneuil on 9/13/2020 & rated 95 points: Absolutely stunning 10 yo Condrieu, after extended ageing in my cellar. PnP. Light/pale yellow. Usual subtle white flower/honeysuckle nose once it shook some of the opening oakiness in the first 15’. Mouthfeel of a much younger equivalent - 5 years perhaps- still has long acidity. Similar in style to Gangloff and Vernay Vernon. Very very good (2272 views) | | | Tasted by Miceri on 8/19/2020 & rated 96 points: Light to medium yellow; mineral nose, chalky while also creamy; very rounded, supported with very nice acidity, long long aftertaste, white ripe pear, glycerin, quite powerful white; seems right in its drinking window, a remarkable wine (2212 views) | | | Tasted by mgreitzer on 12/25/2019 & rated 95 points: This was pretty special. Medium to full bodied, with melon and apricots, with a deep underlying minerality. Not subtle, but perfectly balanced and a delight to drink. (1991 views) | | | Tasted by Philip Yang on 11/16/2019 & rated 88 points: Good intense nose. Weak on the palette. (1859 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 3/18/2019 & rated 90 points: Dinner at Pizzeria Bebu (Chicago, IL): Fairly muted nose. The palate is definitely more interesting here, with lots of weight and a little bit of waxiness. Seems a bit heady, but as far as viognier goes, there's quite a lot of acidity to keep it in check. With air, the fruit got fatter and sweeter, while the waxiness and acidity didn't seem to change relative to each other. But at the end of the day, this is a good wine but it's certainly not worth the (now) very high tariff, at least to me. Perhaps it is still more a piece of vinous trivia... (2598 views) | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 9/5/2018 & rated 96 points: Rhone Admissions (Vaucluse): First time with this wine and what a treat. I didn't realize it was possible to get so much acidity into a viognier. This is light and elegant and fresh. Lots of honeysuckle. Paired quite nicely with a crab and caviar dish. A nice kick-off to the night. (2057 views) | | | Tasted by cool53 on 3/21/2018: Nose is mild with lemon/orange zest, peach, honey, apricot, floral, vanilla. The palate is much more powerful than the nose, rich and hot. This wine really need a lot of air to open, it is more pronounced on the second day. I think it might be in the shutdown period. I will keep the rest bottles for at least 10 years. (2527 views) | | | Tasted by Cipivts on 12/30/2017 & rated 92 points: Deep lemon green, exotic fruits, flowers, peaches over layers of minerals, unexpected on the palate with full body, a bit oily and soapy, high alcohol bit also high acidity. A great wine probably needs 5more years to develop. Very nice (2214 views) | | | Tasted by ryonlife on 2/27/2017 & rated 92 points: Foral and oranges on the nose. Citrus, really concetrated flavors, great minerality. (2991 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 2/1/2016 & rated 89 points: A field of white daisies , lilies and magnolias doused with honeysuckle and spiced orange clove concentrate. Orange blossoms fruited , this last long but lesser acidity. (3878 views) | | | Tasted by Butty on 12/28/2014 & rated 94 points: Good introduction to Grillet! Obviously more structured and complex than most Condrieu - has a more restrained and mineral driven style but with great intensity of fruit (although not overblown or flabby as can be the case with Vioginer) - feels like an old world version of Condrieu. I suspect this will age well. I thought this was very good - I would not hesitate to buy again (even with the expensive price tag) for the interest if not the quality. This would intrigue most Rhone tasters - interesting! (4510 views) | | | Tasted by julius111 on 11/20/2014: Very refined. Great acidity and concentration. A tiny of oxydization. Really imporoved since my last tasting (3169 views) | | | Tasted by julius111 on 5/19/2013 & rated 90 points: Elegant but not very complex. Limited notes of pear and flower wrapped into a overall balanced body. (4312 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMES |
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