Château De La Gardine, Brunel de la Gardine Condrieu 2024
Château De La Gardine, Brunel de la Gardine Condrieu 2024 is a dry, full-bodied white from Viognier (Condrieu, France), in the rich, round whites style. Acidity is gentle; oak influence is little. Good with roast chicken, roast pork, chicken curry, creamy pasta. Cheapest offer £45.70 at Honest Grapes.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Château De La Gardine, Brunel de la Gardine Condrieu 2021 Château De La Gardine · Rhône | £45.60 | |||
| Condrieu, Pierre Gaillard 2024 Pierre Gaillard · Rhône | £46.00 | |||
| Louis Cheze Breze Condrieu 2023 Louis Cheze · Rhône | £46.50 | |||
| Domaine Lionel Faury, Condrieu, Le Mornieux 2022 Domaine Faury · Rhône | £46.70 |
Condrieu is one of France's great white wine originals — a tiny northern Rhône appellation planted entirely to Viognier, a grape that, in the right hands, produces something simultaneously opulent and precise. Brunel de la Gardine is the négociant label from the family behind Château de la Gardine in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and here they're working with fruit from the steep granite terraces above the river. The 2024 is everything good Condrieu should be: peach blossom and ripe apricot on the nose, a full, round palate that never tips into heaviness, and that characteristic gingery, almost spiced freshness on the finish that separates the real thing from mere Viognier imitators.