Georges Vernay Condrieu Les Chaillees de l'Enfer 2013 (750ml)

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Producer	Georges Vernay
Country	France
Region	Rhone
Subregion	Northern Rhone (Condrieu)
Varietal	Viognier
Vintage	2013
Sku	43696
Size	750ml

   

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Les Chaillées de l’Enfer is a wine with "mad charm." With fruit (apricot, pear, white peach, etc.), it combines citrus, waxy notes, and other more floral notes (white flowers, rose, violet, etc.), more vegetal notes (mint, thyme, etc.), and spices (ginger, saffron, etc.). Condrieu, full of tension, saline and iodine, distinguished, with a beautiful freshness, it is a wine of great purity, a beautiful balance, firm and tender.

The current release (this estate always releases their top two Condrieu the following year), the 2013 Condrieu les Chaillees de l'Enfer is as textbook as it gets, with terrific minerality in its white peach, sautéed tangerine, apricot and white flowers-scented bouquet. Fresh, medium to full-bodied, balanced and with fabulous purity, if I had to pick one Condrieu to pour for someone who wanted to taste a classic wine from the appellation, this would be it. It will drink nicely for 3-4 years.