Les Jamelles Viognier
£8.99
Viognier was historically known as the difficult grape of Condrieu, a wine from the northern Rhone venerated above all others in centuries gone by. Modern-day winemaking has tamed this elusive grape a little and in the hands of the talented Catherine Delaunay it can produce stunning wines such as this. Peaches and apricots and, quite frankly, a whole mouthful of yum
FranceThe grapes for our Viognier are sourced from several terroirs, the main ones being the Thau lagoon basin and the dried-up marsh of Marseillette. Overlying the former deltas of the Aude and Hérault rivers, the first terroir features calcareous clay soil with rounded river stones, while the second terroir is rather atypical with slightly salty, loamy clay soil that is leached several times a year.
