In Reply to: Re: Ah, Condrieu. posted by Mahatma Kane Jeeves on June 9, 2005 at 10:31:52:
Until I tasted Cuilleron's 96 I would have agreed with you, in fact the first thing I did when I took over the winery was ban the use of new oak in the viognier.Even after tasting the Cuilleron I stuck to using old oak only (4 year old Taransaud Troncais MT for preference) and I still prefer viognier without overt oak but I was amazed at what Cuilleron could achieve with new oak.
The fist Viognier I ever tried was a Vernay from 78, I don't think I've yet tasted another that matches my very fond memory of that wine.
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