2006 Domaine Faury Condrieu

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  7/18/2011 - Chomsky wrote:

  Superb. I don't usually care much for Viognier and its blowsy excesses but this was a model of restraint and class. At colder temperatures the wine's elevated alcohol (14%ish) stuck out some, but as the wine warmed it became much more integrated and seamless. Rich pear and peach fruit on a strikingly mineral frame, with perfect balance and nice floral overtones.

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  12/25/2010 - hfindlay wrote:

  One of our party believed this wine was too sweet; the rest of us thought it was rich, sure, but containing plenty of structure and enough acids to be great with the soup we had to start with Christmas dinner. I got tropical fruits, honey, and that wonderful slightly creamy mouthfeel you get from viognier. Floral. Loved it.

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  12/20/2010 - John Nezlek wrote: 86 Points

  A bit of a disappointment considering the professional reviews, which tend to be around 90 (the magical number). To me, the wine was not that deep or rich, nor were the flavors that pronounced. Perhaps my expectations were wrong. This is my first bottle of this wine, and I am not certain what to do with the other 3. It is possible that it has "shut down", a topic that was part of a thread on the forum a while back.
  
  By the way, it was served cool, but not straight out of the fridge. I think too cold would have masked the flavors.

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  5/15/2009 - gripNsip wrote: 89 Points

  Slight lemongrass and lemon custard notes on the nose, mineral-driven on the palate with citrus acids, peach, creme soda, lemon grass. Medium bodied with a short zippy acidic finish. Clean and refreshing.

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  11/20/2008 - Hershey in CA wrote:

  Yellow star bright in the glass, I initially got good mango ice cream on the nose, with cardamon, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, apple-cinnamon tea, chai spice, baked sweet potato and pear. It felt off-dry on the palate, as it was quite sweet on the initial attack, but very bitter on the finish, with stone fruit pits. Also showed grapefruit pith, lychee, lime peach, and cheap mexican mango. Pair with veggie soups, pork, veal, similar to pairing Gerwurtztraminer.

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