Condrieu, Saint Cosme 2022
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Why this wine
Condrieu is one of the smallest appellations in France, and Viognier grown anywhere else rarely matches it. Louis Barruol ferments and ages his in old Burgundy casks, which builds texture without burying the flowers and stone fruit. A serious white from a house better known for its reds.
At a glance
- Grape
- Viognier
- Region
- Rhône Valley, France
- Alcohol
- 13.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Medium (5-10 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Seafood, Rich & Creamy Dishes
How it tastes
Apricot and preserved lemon run through a perfumed core of elderflower, antique rose, fennel and anise. The palate is sleek and finely drawn rather than broad, gentle in acidity, carrying the weight of eight months in old casks to a graceful finish. Viognier 100%.
The producer
Château de Saint Cosme sits in the southern Rhône appellation of Gigondas and has been in the Barruol family for more than 500 years; Louis Barruol, the fourteenth generation, took over from his father in 1992 and later built a négoce alongside the estate, working in small batches with growers across the valley. This Condrieu comes from that side of the business, off granite sand soils in the nine-mile stretch of the Rhône where the appellation sits, worked and picked entirely by hand from very low-yielding vines. The bunches were sorted and gently pressed at low pressure, then fermented with wild yeasts — 30% in demi-muids, 30% in small barrels and 40% in vats — before eight months in old Burgundy casks, with malolactic fermentation finishing on the fine lees. A long heat wave and significant drought marked 2022, and the vines answered by slowing their growth, giving whites that are fresh, balanced and strongly aromatic.
Food and drinking
Serve at 10 to 12°C. It suits roast chicken with tarragon, scallops in butter, a mildly spiced Thai fish curry and young goat's cheese. Drinking well now and over the next five to eight years. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.