Domaine du Tunnel (Stéphane Robert)
Condrieu Viognier
Condrieu, Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
This is a top 3 Condrieu. Wow. Stunning nose of lean tropical fruit and flowers. So many white flowers. And blue flowers if you’re Kool Keith. Just a sick dizzying perfume. 9.7 nose. Just wow wow wow. So scary elegant with just top notch finesse and wonderful mineral expression. Perfect tropical fruit. So juicy, so concentrated but so finesse driven. A wonderful hidden structure. So so long. Almost a 9.7! Maybe air will do the trick!
This is a top 3 Condrieu. Wow. Stunning nose of lean tropical fruit and flowers. So many white flowers. And blue flowers if you’re Kool Keith. Just a sick dizzying perfume. 9.7 nose. Just wow wow wow. So scary elegant with just top notch finesse and wonderful mineral expression. Perfect tropical fruit. So juicy, so concentrated but so finesse driven. A wonderful hidden structure. So so long. Almost a 9.7! Maybe air will do the trick!
Nov 12th, 2021Easily one of the best Condrieu in the entire appellation. Next level nose. Just gorgeous. Melon, cantaloupe, floral, amazing layered nose of many levels. So subtle. Floral but so so detailed. Sickness. Palate is insanely elegant and haunting. Just beautiful. Tangy fruit that floats like a cloud. Long finish that takes over your mouth.
Easily one of the best Condrieu in the entire appellation. Next level nose. Just gorgeous. Melon, cantaloupe, floral, amazing layered nose of many levels. So subtle. Floral but so so detailed. Sickness. Palate is insanely elegant and haunting. Just beautiful. Tangy fruit that floats like a cloud. Long finish that takes over your mouth.
Jul 14th, 2020What a nose. Wow. So precise. Peach. Apricot. Crazy florals. White flowers. Superb minerality and wafting with a brilliant perfume. Stops you in your tracks. 9.6 nose. Palate is superbly elegant and crazy fresh with unreal pithy tropical fruits and endless depth. So pure. This is a great wine. Long, elegant, energetic and so so pretty. Really balanced and sappy. Terrific acidity. The elegance pushes this from 9.4 to 9.5.
What a nose. Wow. So precise. Peach. Apricot. Crazy florals. White flowers. Superb minerality and wafting with a brilliant perfume. Stops you in your tracks. 9.6 nose. Palate is superbly elegant and crazy fresh with unreal pithy tropical fruits and endless depth. So pure. This is a great wine. Long, elegant, energetic and so so pretty. Really balanced and sappy. Terrific acidity. The elegance pushes this from 9.4 to 9.5.
Jun 3rd, 2020
Nose: gorgeous white and yellow flowers. Intoxicating as it opens. Intense florality.
Palate : elegant honey. Silky. So delicious. Nectar. Nectarine like. Not huge acidity.
This wine takes me to a happy place. Not elite complexity. But elite deliciousness. And not chardonnay or Riesling.
Fass selections
Nose: gorgeous white and yellow flowers. Intoxicating as it opens. Intense florality.
Palate : elegant honey. Silky. So delicious. Nectar. Nectarine like. Not huge acidity.
This wine takes me to a happy place. Not elite complexity. But elite deliciousness. And not chardonnay or Riesling.
Fass selections
Nose: tropical flowers. So elegant. Not a punch in the face. That’s the house style. As this opens … just a gorgeous sheen of elegant richness. So integrated.
Palate : silky. Hints of guava. Papaya. Elegant. Young. So delicious. But young. Theres just this beauty about this. Like the epitome of Amazonian tropical fruit.
This will likely be better as it matures.
Long finish.
Nose: tropical flowers. So elegant. Not a punch in the face. That’s the house style. As this opens … just a gorgeous sheen of elegant richness. So integrated.
Palate : silky. Hints of guava. Papaya. Elegant. Young. So delicious. But young. Theres just this beauty about this. Like the epitome of Amazonian tropical fruit.
This will likely be better as it matures.
Long finish.
Tropical, glistening, needs a year or two. Upside.
Tropical, glistening, needs a year or two. Upside.
Aug 28th, 2023Tropical aromas, fabulous nose. Need a bit of time for further integration. Sexy-not a term I use lightly for a wine, but felt apropos with this. Gorgeous work.
Tropical aromas, fabulous nose. Need a bit of time for further integration. Sexy-not a term I use lightly for a wine, but felt apropos with this. Gorgeous work.
Oct 15th, 2022Nose: elegant tropicality. Really pretty. Tropical fruit flower perfume. As this opens persistent white flowers. Then it gets this perfect melange. Wow.
Ok fuck it. This crosses the 9.5 line based on the nose. It just has that perfectness about it. Like elite burgundy good. Oh my god good.
Ok. As this opens the nose is some fucking crazy shit. Like some extracted umami floral crazy thing you get with 15 year old perfectly aged wine. What the FUCK!?!?!
Palate has this vibrant zing. Mineral. An echo of honey. Delicious. But in a classy way. Not forward or trashy.
As this opens more mineral made from tropical fruit flowers. Elegantly crunchy. So good
Wow. Stunning wine. Gorgeous. If this had more depth it would be stratospheric. [fuck that - based on the nose it crosses the 9.5 line]. [2 hours in - Fuck the density. This is insane]
Bought from fass selections
Nose: elegant tropicality. Really pretty. Tropical fruit flower perfume. As this opens persistent white flowers. Then it gets this perfect melange. Wow.
Ok fuck it. This crosses the 9.5 line based on the nose. It just has that perfectness about it. Like elite burgundy good. Oh my god good.
Ok. As this opens the nose is some fucking crazy shit. Like some extracted umami floral crazy thing you get with 15 year old perfectly aged wine. What the FUCK!?!?!
Palate has this vibrant zing. Mineral. An echo of honey. Delicious. But in a classy way. Not forward or trashy.
As this opens more mineral made from tropical fruit flowers. Elegantly crunchy. So good
Wow. Stunning wine. Gorgeous. If this had more depth it would be stratospheric. [fuck that - based on the nose it crosses the 9.5 line]. [2 hours in - Fuck the density. This is insane]
Bought from fass selections
