2006 Coteau de Vernon Condrieu Christine
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Like the Les Chailles de l'Enfer cuvee, the 2006 Condrieu Coteau de Vernon sports a darker gold and fully mature color. It offers lots of baked apple tart, toasted bread, crushed rock and honeyed notes as well as a full-bodied, layered and textured style on the palate. I have no doubt this was better on release, but I’d happily drink this classy, mature Condrieu over the coming couple of years.
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Josh Raynolds
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Green gold. Smoky, mineral-dominated aromas of yellow plum, melon, peach pit and graphite, with a zesty citrus overlay. Taut and deeply concentrated, offering fresh pit fruit and citrus flavors complemented by exotic anise and floral pastille. This remarkable bottling showed the longest finish of any Condrieu I tasted this year. This gets the same elevage (25% new oak) as the Chaillees de l'Enfer, according to Christine Vernay.
About the producer
A legendary name, Domaine Georges Vernay crafts some of the finest whites in the world, having championed Condrieu when it was on the brink of extinction. The estate is best known for its single-site Coteau de Vernon Condrieu and is now in the hands of the third and fourth generation of the family.