Wine: Vernay: Condrieu Terrasses de l’Empire 2008
Price Range: Under $25
The wine, limpide, offers a pretty clear yellow dress, to the brilliant reflections. The nose excites intensely with typical flavoring of white fish, apricot, lemon and equal grades of violet, of rose on a bottom mineral and delicately wooded. The purity of the fruit, meet again in the mouth. After a frank attack, the wine evolves on plumpness with always this characteristic minéralité of the wines of this domain. The flavoring of fishing, of apricot and of violet do themselves more excessive and always sustained by a support freshness that gives relief and volume to the body.
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| Country | France |
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Burgundy |
| Vineyard |
Domaine Georges VernayGeorges Vernay created the family business with 1.5 hectares of AOC Condrieu ” Coteau du Vernon ” vineyards. Towards the end of the 40’s, Georges Vernay became one of the most ardent defenders and saviours of the Appellation, then about to disappear. Today, the vinification is assured by his children Luc and Christine VERNAY and the estate extends over 16 hectares : 7 hectares in the appellation Condrieu, of which 3 hectares are old vines producing 2 prestigious vintages matured in barrels: the “Coteau de Vernon” and “Les Chaillées de l’Enfer”. Both vintages represent the quintessence of Condrieu’s Viognier vine. These exquisite incomparable white wines with their golden colour are of great nobleness, full-bodied, unctuous and persistent. The very steep vineyard makes any mechanization impossible. The vines are manually without the use of residual herbicide nor insecticide.
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| Tasting Notes |
The wine, limpide, offers a pretty clear yellow dress, to the brilliant reflections. The nose excites intensely with typical flavoring of white fish, apricot, lemon and equal grades of violet, of rose on a bottom mineral and delicately wooded. The purity of the fruit, meet again in the mouth. After a frank attack, the wine evolves on plumpness with always this characteristic minéralité of the wines of this domain. The flavoring of fishing, of apricot and of violet do themselves more excessive and always sustained by a support freshness that gives relief and volume to the body. |
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