2022 Condrieu Les Chaillets
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Matured for nine months in equal parts barrels and foudres (wooden tanks), the 2022 Condrieu les Chaillets Vieilles Vignes reveals a dense, oaky bouquet of apricot, ripe white fruits and spices. Medium to full-bodied, rich and concentrated, it's enrobing with a slightly tannic core of fruit framed by oaky notes. Too oaky for my taste, this is a rather well-crafted but oak-dominated Condrieu.
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Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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Yves’ 2022 Condrieu Les Chaillets is absolutely brilliant, and I'd put this up with the finest in the appellation. Ripe, intense aromatics of ripe pineapple, honeyed flowers, orange blossom, and subtle floral notes all define the bouquet, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, seamless mouthfeel, beautiful concentration and depth, and one heck of a great finish. If you get a chance, buy it.
In conversion to organic. Tasted blind. Ripe but quite shy nose. The palate is rounded, fleshy and has peach-kernel notes. Low acidity and a generous rich and unctuous finish. For those that like their Condrieu rich and honeyed! (AC)