2015 - Condrieu La Bonnette René Rostaing
10B5CBRO _ 2015 - Condrieu La Bonnette René Rostaing - 12x75cl
Colour
White
Producer
René Rostaing
Region
Condrieu
Grape
Viognier
Drinking
2017 - 2019
Case size
12x75cl
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2015 CONDRIEU LA BONNETTE RENÉ ROSTAING - 12x75cl

Colour
White
Producer
René Rostaing
Region
Condrieu
Grape
Viognier
Drinking
2017 - 2019
Case size
12x75cl
Available Now
Duty Paid (Inc. VAT)
Case price £650.14 (Inc. VAT)
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Tasting Notes

  • GDH

    Goedhuis, October 2016

    This Viognier fermented and raised in 100% stainless steel has a luminous fruit character and a succulent core. Flavours of blanched almonds, apricots, and jasmine tumble from the glass. Best drunk in its youth.

Producer

René Rostaing

René Rostaing retired after the 2014 vintage, leaving the estate in the capable hands of his son Pierre. René had spent 40 years building a reputation as the patriarch of the Northern Rhône, and Pierre’s handling of the 2015s and 2016s showed a seamless handover has taken place. For the 2017 vintage the house recipe remains unchanged: old vines from the region’s greatest sites, a high proportion of whole bunch vinification, long macerations, and restrained use of new French oak. Pierre has continued his father’s inimitable style in Condrieu, fermenting the wine in stainless steel. The estate is known for its unique use of Rototanks for its red fermentation – closed horizontal tanks with internal plunging mechanisms. René started using these in 1985 and believes they give much gentler pigeage than what can be achieved by hand. The closed tanks also help protect the wines from oxidation. This enables long maceration times, and the resulting wines are typically deep in colour, full of flavour, and abundant in tannins.

Region

Condrieu

A white wine appellation, Condrieu is produced uniquely from Viognier to make both dry and sweet examples. Its best vineyards are grown on shards of decomposed mica often lending a pronounced minerality in its wines. Though Condrieu had a famous past, its more recent history has been modest and its bottlings were virtually unknown outside its region until the 1980s and 1990s when aficionados began to discover its unusual balance of intense fruity aromatics with its bone dry palate. In particularly warm vintages, their wines are notably rich and hedonistic.