L'appellation qui, sans conteste, est au dessus du lot, cette année... Une très remarquable réussite!
Le millésime

Comprendre et réussir ce Millésime exigeait, en effet, présence à la vigne, travail attentif, une certaine expérience, et, clairement, un réel savoir-faire...
Des températures hivernales parmi les plus douces de la décennie, des hauteurs de précipitations parmi les plus fortes en hiver, parmi les plus faibles au printemps, et une belle sortie de raisins sur l’ensemble des cépages...
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Terroir

Paton, Chanson, Rocharde.

Nature des sols

Granitique.

Élevage

10 mois en fûts neufs et d'un vin. Allier et Tronçais.

Service

10°C
Décanter juste avant le service.

Dégustation

Explosion aromatique sans exubérance outrancière, opulence sans lourdeur, grâce à des équilibres rarement atteints.

Teneur en alcool

13,5%

Mise en bouteille

Sans collage, légère filtration.

Cépages

Viognier : 100 %

Even though the wine is from the Northern Rhône, I tasted this during my time in the south, so I opted to include it here. The 2014 Condrieu is a beautiful wine that has an upfront, voluptuous and layered personality to go with lots of melon, orange rind and apricot aromas and flavors. Aged ten months on less, in 40% new French oak, it has terrific purity and no shortage of richness or texture.

Jeb Dennuck
Wine Advocate , 92/100 , 2015-10-01

Deep jasmine colour. Peachy broad nose. Rich and seductive with a certain savoury overlay over the broad blossomy fruit. Serious wine. Already very rewarding. Clean, neat finish – nothing hot. If these vines are 45 years old they must be some of the oldest in the appellation! Exciting wine but not especially showy.

Jancis Robinson , 17,5/20 , 2015-10-30

Lovely fig, anise and pear aromas and flavors burst forth, showing a creamy feel overall. Offers a lively fennel and mirabelle plum spine for balance in the end.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 94/100 , 2016-03-08

Light, green-tinged gold. Lively, sharply focused aromas of nectarine, orange and pungent white flowers. A firm spine of minerality elegantly supports vibrant citrus and pit fruit flavors. Shows plenty of power, but the main impression here is of elegance and finesse. A chalky mineral note builds steadily on a nervy, sharply focused and impressively persistent finish, which leaves a zesty citrus fruit note behind.

Josh Raynolds
Vinous , 92/100 , 2016-02-01

Top 2014 Northern Rhône

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 94/100 , 2016-11-01