Condrieu: Terrasses de l'Empire 2010

This Condrieu has a textbook nose of acacia and honeysuckle is followed by a beautifully balanced palate of pears, white peaches and dried fruit with undertones of nuts and minerals with a subtle and seamless, dry finish.

  • Bottle
    £39.75
  • Bottle (case)
    £477.00
  • Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
  • Region: RhoneCondrieu
  • Producer: Domaine Georges Vernay
  • Vintage: 2010
  • Grape variety (Cépage): Viognier
  • Wine pairing - drink with: Olives, Thai or Indian
  • Cellarage: Best drunk when young within in its first 4-5 years.
  • Vinification: Hand-harvested grapes, from just under 5 hectares of 40 year-old vines (from the lieu-dits of Sainte Agathe and La Caille) are fermented at 16°-17°C in 20 hl oak barrels. Lees stirring takes place until the New Year when the wine is then transferred to steel vats prior to blending and bottling in the late Spring.
  • Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 13.5%

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