AOP Saint-Joseph
AOP Condrieu · white
Condrieu
Technical sheet
- Appellation
- AOP Condrieu
- Colour
- White
- Grape variety
- 100% Viognier
- Terroir
- Around the village of Condrieu (Rhône), granite
- Ageing
- 12 months in barrels and demi-muids
- Ageing potential
- Drink within 8 years
Les Terriens' Condrieu plots lie around the village of Condrieu, on the granite slopes of the northern Côtes du Rhône. A single-variety wine made purely from Viognier.
Hand-harvested, it ferments in barrels and a large cask, then ages for twelve months. Golden colour, a nose of stewed apricot and acacia blossom, and a palate balancing tension and richness.
Full technical sheet
From plot to glass
01
The terroir
- Location
- Les Terriens' Condrieu vines lie around the village of Condrieu, in the Rhône department.
- Soils
- Granite.
02
Winemaking & ageing
- Winemaking
- Hand-harvested; alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels and a large cask.
- Ageing
- 12 months in barrels and demi-muids. Racking and blending 6 weeks before bottling.
03
Style
- Eye
- Golden colour of fine intensity.
- Nose
- Intense and beautifully ripe, with notes of stewed apricot and white flowers (acacia).
- Palate
- Balanced between tension and richness, with fine aromatic intensity and a pleasant, lingering finish.
04
Les Terriens' advice
- Serving temperature
- Serve at 11–13 °C.
- Food pairing
- Enjoy as an aperitif, or with shellfish, fish or aged Comté cheese.
- Ageing potential
- Drink within the next 8 years.
