{"product_id":"2023-condrieu-domaine-graeme-julie-bott","title":"Condrieu, Domaine Graeme \u0026 Julie Bott 2023","description":"\u003ch3\u003eHow it tastes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid aromas of white peach, honeysuckle and apricot, with a touch of white grapefruit behind them. This is the taut, energetic end of Condrieu rather than the opulent one: medium in weight, dry, with high acidity and a real sense of tension carrying a very pure finish. Viognier 100%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe producer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDomaine Graeme \u0026amp; Julie Bott is one of the northern Rhône's newer names, and one of its most promising. Graeme is from New Zealand and Julie a native of the northern Rhône; they met working at Domaine Ogier in Côte-Rôtie, then found that the garden of their first house sat on the Condrieu hillside of Vérin, and built a ten-hectare domaine from there across Côte-Rôtie, Condrieu, Saint-Joseph and the little-known Seyssuel, working now from their own cellar beneath La Mouline. This wine blends several plots: the lieux-dits of Côte-Chatillon and La Caille, Les Agnettes, Rochebret and Jean Raude at Vérin, and Le Biez and Grand Val at Saint-Pierre de Bœuf, all on steep granite at 250–300 metres where the day-to-night swing keeps natural freshness. The vines are twenty-five years old, planted at 10,000 per hectare, trained by the traditional échalas stake method and hand-harvested parcel by parcel. The fruit was whole-bunch pressed for a pure, aromatic juice, cold-settled and racked clear, then fermented at 15–16°C in old 400- and 500-litre French oak barrels with neutral selected yeasts, and aged nine months on its lees without bâtonnage to keep the style clean and mineral. The 2023 season was warm with a fine late autumn, and September conditions let picking run to early October with the fruit in impeccable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood and drinking\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 10–12°C. Good with scallops, crab, roast pork with apricot, or a mildly spiced Thai curry. Drink now and over the next five to ten years; no decanting needed. Sealed with a DIAM technical cork. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Graeme \u0026 Julie Bott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58476518179199,"sku":"HNW-5048223A","price":56.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/4192\/4998\/files\/5048223A.jpg?v=1789922555","url":"https:\/\/www.edkawines.com\/products\/2023-condrieu-domaine-graeme-julie-bott","provider":"Edka Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}