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Château-Grillet 2019

RegionRhône
Subregion France > Rhône > Northern Rhône > Château Grillet
ColourWhite
TypeStill
Grape VarietyViognier

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Tasting Notes

Viognier. Aged for 18 months in 228- and 300-litre light-toast barrels – one new barrel per year, the others 2–5 years old. Barrel sample.
Has some pineapple and chamomile aromas with a lemon-balm note. Lovely rounded attack, which is tight and amazingly well proportioned. Not overpowering in the mouth, but densely concentrated – not oily and shows good freshness. A savoury note with nuts and almonds towards the finish. Really lovely balanced example. Amazing in its youth and looking like it will age superbly. (AC)

18.5+
Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com, December 2020

A real burst of fresh apricot and peach, lemon verbena and green tea. This has the salt and power of Château-Grillet, the confit lemon peel on the finish, the salted nuts. Very full-bodied indeed, very rounded and long, but not massive, more spherical. You sense the alcohol, but it’s not unbalanced. 4,500 bottles produced.

97
Matt Walls, Decanter.com, October 2020
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