2014 Condrieu

Wine Details
Producer

Saint-Cosme

Place of Origin

France

Condrieu

Southern Rhône

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Viognier

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2018 - 2023

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Like other négociants, Louis Barruol has been feeling the squeeze from recent short crops in the northern Rhône. He told me that his production for the three red wines that he makes from the north have been off by around 25% in 2012, 2013 and 2014, and that "even though the quality was excellent, the low yields have hurt a lot." Barruol is a vocal proponent of the ancient, original Syrah, Serine, which he thinks "blows away the clone-selection Syrahs that the nurseries pushed in the 1960s." These Syrahs, he says, make wines "that show none of the character of the great northern Rhône wines from producers like Verset, Trollat or Gentaz."