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2011 Condrieu La Combe de Malleval

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Condrieu

Northern Rhône

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Viognier

Vintages
201820172016201520142013201220112009
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Stephane Ogier told me that he likes "the texture and the fruit of 2011" and, like a number of other growers, compares the wines to the 2006s, "especially in terms of the tannins."But the 2006s are riper, he went on, "so in a lot of ways '11 may turn out to be more like 2000, but with more power."Ogier's Cote-Roties from '11 clocked in at 12.5% natural alcohol, by the way, which is quite healthy, "but it took a lot of work, especially green-harvesting to keep the yield down, and you had to be patient and harvest late, too."Unlike most of his neighbors Ogier prefers his 2007s to his '11s "but it's early still, so maybe the wines will gain strength, but for now they're between 2006 and 2007 in quality."All that said, he singles out his Lancement bottling from '11 as "a huge success.It's always a feminine wine so it's successful in lighter vintages, when it can really show its character.If the year is too hot then the elegance can get lost, so '11 was great for it."