2015 Condrieu La Doriane
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Tasting notes
Extraordinary complexity. Gently flinty lemon, apricot, yellow peach and mango with grilled hazelnuts, spiced custard and pastry. Wildly attractive and complex. The palate has vast fruit depth, and is bathed in toasty oak. The peach and apricots roll endlessly in a smooth, supple and creamy texture. Magnificent wine. Drink now.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jeb Dunnuck
More reviews and scores
Brilliant yellow-gold. Powerful orange, nectarine and honeydew aromas are complemented by suave floral, vanilla and chalky mineral accents. Supple and expansive in the mouth, offering deeply concentrated, smoke-tinged poached pear and peach nectar flavors that pick up honey and iodine qualities as the wine opens up. Lush and seamless but surprisingly energetic in style, showing superb closing thrust and lingering suggestions of buttery brioche and candied pit fruits.
Strong floral notes on the nose – very different from the regular Condrieu. Racy and opulent – a very successful combination. Real bite and chew to this. Oct 16, www.jancisrobinson.com, Drink 2017-2020
Easily one of the greatest Condrieu I’ve ever tasted is the 2015 Condrieu La Doriane. A wine that needs to be tasted to be believed, it possesses a huge nose of toasted brioche, liquid rocks, apricot, flower oil and salty minerality. Unctuous, full-bodied, massively rich, yet also elegant and graceful, with beautiful freshness, enjoy this tour de force over the coming 5-6 years. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Maison Guigal is one of the Northern Rhône’s top wine producers, best-known for their three single-vineyard Côte-Rôties, nicknamed the “La Las”.