Gangloff AOC Condrieu 2008   

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About

Gangloff's Condrieu is always opulent, luscious and honeyed with notes of botrytis, but also remarkably pure and intense fruit.  Though made and aged part in new wood, it's not at all oaky.  And for all its richness, it always has amazing freshness.  Fabulous!

Tasting notes

The 2008 displays a much more Viognier character than usual with Gangloff!  It has a very pure apricot skin aroma and intense mineral background.  As usual it's intense and rich but at the same time "cool" and with really good length.

Vintage Notes

2008 was a difficult year in Condrieu and neighbouring Cote Rotie.  The summer was not particularly warm and there was frequent rain.  Many wines are pretty green.  Thus Gangloff's success is all the more rewarding and is due partly to a very serious selection which meant he made 50% less than normal.  Amazingly he's got real ripeness and purity and his range is pure pleasure.

Grapes

100% Viognier

Vine age

Half over 60 years old, half 40 years old

Vineyards

From 0.6 ha of Chery planted in 1984 and 1 ha of Bonnette planted in 1989, both on granite soils on steep hillside vineyards

Yield

18 hl/ha

Harvest

Hand harvested 20th to 30th September

Winemaking

Fermented in barrique 5% new, including several 300 and 350 ltr barrels which mark the wine less and are easier to manage, and the rest one and two year old.  Malolactic fermentation is carried out

Maturation

Aged in barrique for 11 months

Bottling

Very lightly filtered and fined. July 2009. 4,500 bottles