Rhone Valley
Guigal - Condrieu - Assemblage Premium - Blanc - 2019
Characteristics
Country / Region: Rhône Valley
Vintage: 2019
Name: AOP Condrieu
Grape variety: 100% Viognier
Alcohol: 14.5 vol.
Color: White
Capacity: 75 cl
AWARDS
House rated 1 star in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2023 (RVF)
House rated 5 stars in the Guide Bettane et Desseauve 2023
Wine:
The 2019 White Condrieu Assemblage Premium offers an honest and fresh reading of the Viognier grape variety. A generous, unctuous, full-bodied wine that reveals itself with elegance and delicacy, with notes of white fruits, citrus and flowers. A very nice bottle to be reserved as an aperitif, with a truffle brouillade, goat cheese or a pike-perch with beurre blanc.Vinification:
Hand harvested, aged for 8 months for 1/3 of the juice in new oak barrels and 2/3 in stainless steel tanks.Color:
Bright yellow gold.Nose:
Bouquet of white flowers underlined by notes of citrus and white fruits.Palate:
Fresh and generous, this wine with a delicate fruity palate offers a delicate and elegant finish
Temperature:
Serve between 10 and 12°C.Food and wine pairing:
Aperitif, fresh goat cheese, pikeperch with white butter, spicy or sweet and sour cuisine.Cellar aging:
From now until 2025.Maison Guigal is the pinnacle of French viticulture today…a fantastic success story coupled with a tremendous human adventure that truly does it all: from producing large volumes with unwavering quality and regularity to delivering amazing parcel-based wines.