Condrieu: Old Wood Passes The Acid Test -- The TelegraphA good condrieu has been stored in aged oak and digs its roots deep into the Rhône valley – but only at a certain angle.
Condrieu is one of those magical wines. It smells like apricots and the distillate of dew from a Mediterranean garden in full bloom. It has a heady lift. And it mesmerises like a storyteller whose words make you forget where you are.
At least, it does when it’s good. When condrieu is not good it is just another white wine made from viognier: a bit flabby, sometimes claggy, and because it is so darn expensive and trying so hard, instead of a tease of barely smelt jasmine and hawthorn, you might get the over-cologned reek of someone you wouldn’t want to sit near in a restaurant, let alone have on your table.
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My Comment: This white wine is expnsive .... but it is a perfect wine on a hot summer day.
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