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Pierre Jean Villa Condrieu Jardin Suspendu 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$65.28
This has a creamy, hedonistic feel, with honeycomb, apricot, brioche, white ginger and creamed yellow apple flavors...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle:
$182.95
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2013
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$57.95
Greenish yellow. High-pitched, minerally citrus and orchard fruit aromas show excellent clarity and a hint of pungent...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2015
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$62.95
Green-tinged straw. Penetrating scents of fresh citrus and pit fruits are joined by hints of chalky minerals, ginger...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$68.95
Pretty, with flashes of verbena and creme fraiche aromas giving way to green plum, peach and apricot flavors. The...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2019
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$81.19
94-95 Limpid, green-hued yellow. Displays floral scents, an exotic touch of saffron, incisive, mineral-driven citrus...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2019
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$66.45
94-95 Limpid, green-hued yellow. Displays floral scents, an exotic touch of saffron, incisive, mineral-driven citrus...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2020
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$62.28
Always beautiful, and a wine you don’t hear enough about, Rostaing’s 2020 Condrieu La Bonnette has vibrant notes...
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Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette 2020
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$66.43
Always beautiful, and a wine you don’t hear enough about, Rostaing’s 2020 Condrieu La Bonnette has vibrant notes...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$103.95
Another unsurprising but jawdropping discovery when encountering the Saouma wines: Magis, Mounir’s white...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$102.37
Gorgeous in every way, from the lush and silky feel to the waves of creamed melon, white peach and green fig flavors,...
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$77.28
A lush and seductive version, with warm apple, peach and ripe apricot flavors woven with notes of white tea, verbena...
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Yves Cuilleron Condrieu Les Chaillets 2021
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$47.84
Bright citrus, honeyed lychee, and tangerine notes emerge from Yves' 2021 Condrieu Les Chaillets, a medium-bodied,...
Sherry Viognier White Rhone Blend
Sherry is made in a unique way using the solera system, which blends fractional shares of young wine from oak barrels with older, more mature wines. Sherry has no vintage date because it is blended from a variety of years. Rare, old sherries can contain wine that dates back 25 to 50 years or more, the date the solera was begun. If a bottle has a date on it, it probably refers to the date the company was founded.
Most sherries begin with the Palomino grape, which enjoys a generally mild climate in and around the triad of towns known as the "Sherry Triangle" and grows in white, limestone and clay soils that look like beach sand. The Pedro Ximenez type of sweet sherry comes from the Pedro Ximenez grape.
Sherry is a "fortified" wine, which means that distilled, neutral spirits are used to fortify the sherry. The added liquor means that the final sherry will be 16 to 20 percent alcohol (higher than table wines) and that it will have a longer shelf life than table wines.
Although primarily associated with the Rhone region of France, the precise origins of the Viognier grape variety are unknown, and the subject of much debate. However, these fine and delicate green skinned grapes are an important varietal for many of France's most elegant white wines, and they are quickly beginning to spread around the New World, too, where wineries are discovering their unique qualities and unusual character. Viognier grapes are notoriously difficult to grow, due to the fact they are highly susceptible to mildew, but wineries persevere with them nonetheless, producing wines which are highly aromatic and have a great, fruit-forward character. Their delicate aroma suggests sweetness due to its flowery, sappy nature, but the wine itself generally very dry and crisp, and full of summery, light and refined qualities.
The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.