Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 tuscany chalky clay over a subsoil

chalky clay over a subsoil of limestone

Loosen never harvests anything less than Auslese-level ripeness from this vineyard

is now gently handled in large older French oak and concrete eggs

Soil Type: Slopes inclined at 45 degrees overlooking the town of Niedermorschwihr

Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 tuscany chalky clay over a subsoilPierre Gaillard's top Condrieu comes from a single hectare of vines on a steep, sandy, granitic slope of Malleval (just south of Condrieu). In 2022, the vines here yielded just 30 hl ha of pungent, tenderloin Viognier fruit, and the wine spent eight months in Allier and Nevers oak, of which just 5% was new. It is early days, but it already hints at the tell tale characteristics of a top Gaillard Viognier: small white flowers, fragrant peach blossom,