France
Rhone
Crus Cotes du Rhone, 2017
Lot
1662
Grape Variety
Producer
Maison Christophe Pichon Allegorie AOP Cornas
An elegant wine brimming with fruit, aromas of black cherries, violets, cedar and toast precede delicious flavours of blackcurrants and blueberries. This is an expressive aromatic wine with some grippy tannins and toasty characters on the finish adding length. Syrah grapes were from a one-hectare plot planted on decomposed granite soils, on south east facing slopes at 400 metres with strong Mistral winds keeping fungal diseases at bay. Vinified in a similar way to the Pichon’s Côte-Rôtie, the Cornas is made 100% from Syrah grapes and was matured in older oak barrels for 14 months.
Christophe Pichon Pere & Fils AOP Condrieu
Condrieu, the original home of Viognier, is where the finest examples of it are still to be found. It is difficult to believe that only a few decades ago the grape variety had fallen out of favour and was gradually disappearing. The Pichons cultivate about 4.5 hectares in Condrieu. The vines are an average of 45 years old. These are planted on south facing slopes and terraces with just a thin covering of soil over granite. It is intensely perfumed with floral lily aromas, a fruit basket of apples, nectarines, peaches and orange blossom with a hint of lemon in the background. It is rich and smooth on the palate with honeyed peachy flavours followed by a bitter citrus pith finish. A good acidity keeps it fresh with great depth and warmth. Grapes were picked and gently pressed with a natural fermentation in barrel. It was matured for nine months, half in oak, half in tank.
An elegant wine brimming with fruit, aromas of black cherries, violets, cedar and toast precede delicious flavours of blackcurrants and blueberries. This is an expressive aromatic wine with some grippy tannins and toasty characters on the finish adding length. Syrah grapes were from a one-hectare plot planted on decomposed granite soils, on south east facing slopes at 400 metres with strong Mistral winds keeping fungal diseases at bay. Vinified in a similar way to the Pichon’s Côte-Rôtie, the Cornas is made 100% from Syrah grapes and was matured in older oak barrels for 14 months.
Christophe Pichon Pere & Fils AOP Condrieu
Condrieu, the original home of Viognier, is where the finest examples of it are still to be found. It is difficult to believe that only a few decades ago the grape variety had fallen out of favour and was gradually disappearing. The Pichons cultivate about 4.5 hectares in Condrieu. The vines are an average of 45 years old. These are planted on south facing slopes and terraces with just a thin covering of soil over granite. It is intensely perfumed with floral lily aromas, a fruit basket of apples, nectarines, peaches and orange blossom with a hint of lemon in the background. It is rich and smooth on the palate with honeyed peachy flavours followed by a bitter citrus pith finish. A good acidity keeps it fresh with great depth and warmth. Grapes were picked and gently pressed with a natural fermentation in barrel. It was matured for nine months, half in oak, half in tank.
750ml
6
14.5%
Black cherry, violets, toast, cedar
Blackcurrant, blueberries, vanilla
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