Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu 375ml 2021

Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu is a Viognier from four terraced parcels on decomposing granite across the appellation and its neighbouring communes, in a half-bottle.

Condrieu is the northern Rhône's white appellation for Viognier, worked on precipitous granite terraces that must largely be tended by hand. Pierre Gaillard, who has holdings throughout the northern Rhône, draws this wine from four parcels: Côte Bellay, Les Patasses at Malleval, Boissey at Chavanay and La Caille in Condrieu itself. Each sits on soils of fine, decomposing granite, the arzelle that gives the appellation its combination of perfume and stony grip. Yields here came in at 30 hectolitres per hectare, and the wine spent seven months in oak, of which ten per cent was new, so the wood supports texture rather than adding flavour. What distinguishes Gaillard's whites is their ability to hold intense aromatics and a ripe, hedonistic texture against genuine mineral refreshment.

At its best in the first three or four years; serve at 11–12°C with roast pork, apricot-glazed chicken or a soft washed-rind cheese.

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