2020 Condrieu La Doriane
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The 2020 Condrieu La Doriane is magnificent. Showing terrific concentration and complexity alongside spot-on freshness, it unfurls with delicious apricot, orange blossom, vanilla, white peach, brioche and melon. The 2020 is an outstanding La Doriane with slightly more precision than the almost equally enticing 2019.
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James Lawther MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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Just about pure perfection and one of the finest Condrieu to pass my lips, the 2020 Condrieu La Doriane offers an insane bouquet of grilled pineapple, charcoal, crushed stone, acacia flowers, and white peach. It picks up an incredibly sense of salinity on the palate and is full-bodied, has blockbuster concentration, remarkable purity and focus, and a great finish. I like this beast/beauty today, but it will keep for a decade.
While the 2020 Condrieu la Doriane matured entirely in new oak, there's just a hint of toast on the nose. The rest of the bouquet features a kaleidoscopic swirl of floral and spice notes with melon and white peach. Medium to full-bodied, it's exquisitely expansive and silky in texture, yet it remains refreshing on the lengthy, mouthwatering finish.
100% Viognier. Aged nine months in 100% new oak. Pure and refined with stone-fruit and toasty notes, the oak, though, well integrated. Reserved on the palate but fine, round and persistent. Slight glow of alcohol but plenty in reserve. (JL)