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Les Dents de Lion Viognier 2019
Vin de France
Viognier is the northern Rhône’s queen bee white, with alluring aromas of blossom and spicy fruit. In the cooler, high up vineyards of the Languedoc, it also performs very well. Enjoy this fine white's exotic fruit, light spice and mineral edge.
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Tasting notes
Creamy spice and peach notes undercut by bright stony freshness
Aroma
Creamy apricot and spice with peach and lemon
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
Rhône fanatic and third generation winemaker Joseph Bousquet has long been obsessed with the pricey whites of Condrieu. So in his cool, higher altitude vineyard, just north of Montpellier, he grows the prized Viognier grape. Here, he nurtures old vines on fast draining soils to produce concentrated grapes with excellent aromatics thanks to warm days and a big drop in temperature at night. Using only lightly pressed juice, he ferments it all in vat, no oak, with special yeasts to bring out the wine’s tropical fruit and minerality. The wine is named after the dandelions with jagged leaves (les dents de lion) that grow in the vineyard and helpfully compete for water. Pure, fresh and spicy, it's a hit with seared scallops or white meats.
For the 2016 vintage
