By Les Vins De Vienne
AOP Condrieu La Chambee 2020

Winemaking
Full grapes are pressed. Cold settling for 48 hours. No chemical additions other than SO2 in vats. Fermentation at low temperature with indigenous yeasts for about four months. Nine months on lees in French oak casks. Fining with clay. Tangential filtration before bottling.

Wine Details
Surface: 2 ha
Soil: Granites
Plots Location: Condrieu (localities named Garon et Bassenon), Saint-Michel-sur-Rhone (Jeanraude et Aux Ruses), Verlieu, Malleval (Rochecourbe et Le Boucher).
Climate: Continental
Exposition: Terraced slopes facing southeast
Pruning: Guyot on poles
Density: 10,000 vine stocks/hectare
Average Age of the Vines: 30 years
Yield: 41 hl/ha
Grape Variety: Viognier
Harvest: Hand-picked
Style: Round, complex, and minerally
Serving Temperature: 14-15 degrees C
Food Pairing: Terrine of duck foie gras, flambeed peach
Aging: 4-5 years
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LES VINS DE VIENNE Condrieu La Chambee 2020
Score: 95
Release Price: $50
Region: France / Northern Rhone / Condrieu
Color: White
Issue: Web Only - 2021
Vibrant, with lots of juicy nectarine, green almond, green fig and yellow apple fruit flavors bouncing through, all gilded with acacia and verbena through the lengthy finish. Drink now through 2026. - JM

2020 Les Vins de Vienne Condrieu la Chambee
Producer: Les Vins de Vienne
From: France, Rhone, Northern Rhone, Condrieu
Color: White
Type: Table
Sweetness: Dry
Variety: Viognier
Rating: 90
Reviewed by: Joe Czerwinski
Issue Date: 20th Jan 2022
Source: January 2022 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
Drink Date: 2021 - 2023
The 2020 Condrieu la Chambee lacks a bit of Viognier expressiveness on the nose, being rather quiet, with subtle scents of pear and citrus. Thankfully, it recovers somewhat on the medium-bodied palate, delivering a touch more ripeness, tropical fruit, a pleasant wash of silken texture and a long, spice-accented finish.