Condrieu Lieu-Dit l'Aleau 2020 **** JLL
Domaine Graeme & Julie Bott
**** JLLyellow robe; the bouquet leads on a tropical fruit salad, the aroma involves mango with peach, has a curvy ripeness, good prompts and subtleties, light toasting. The palate cruises along with juicy fruit, holds squeezy gras richness, extends on a bonny wave of pear This is very neat, subtle, has good length, is very calm. 12.5% abv
100% Viognier (2016-17) from 0.32 hectare on S-E facing sanded granite soils on L’Aleau at Vérin, touches Château Grillet vineyards, no sun after 18.00 hrs which helps to avoid burnt grapes, fermented, raised 3-4 & 9 year 400-litre oak casks, raised 8 months, malo blocked, spends a year in bottle before release