Julien Pilon
Condrieu Lône Millésime Viogner
Northern Rhône, Rhône, France
Great wine.
Great wine.
May 25th, 2015
2022 vintage. Fascinating, intense orange/kumquat/tangerine oil focus on the immediate palate alongside respectable attempts at culling “mineralescosity” mid and end-palate. Freshie fresh and surmise it will age better than the equally loved 2015 and 2016 vintages tasted alongside. Tis $10 more a bottle than the 2016 and $20 more a bottle than the 2015. Phenomenal but will blow through the older vintages and reassess this year or the next in a year+. 9.16.25.
2022 vintage. Fascinating, intense orange/kumquat/tangerine oil focus on the immediate palate alongside respectable attempts at culling “mineralescosity” mid and end-palate. Freshie fresh and surmise it will age better than the equally loved 2015 and 2016 vintages tasted alongside. Tis $10 more a bottle than the 2016 and $20 more a bottle than the 2015. Phenomenal but will blow through the older vintages and reassess this year or the next in a year+. 9.16.25.
Sep 16th, 20252016 vintage. Tasted immediately after the 2015 vintage with many similarities along with slightly less body and a hint more mineral influence on the delish finish. Picked up the past four cases of this as well and will look to slot it into the Coravin btg program around mid-March 2026 to follow the selfsame, previous vintage. 9.16.25.
2016 vintage. Tasted immediately after the 2015 vintage with many similarities along with slightly less body and a hint more mineral influence on the delish finish. Picked up the past four cases of this as well and will look to slot it into the Coravin btg program around mid-March 2026 to follow the selfsame, previous vintage. 9.16.25.
Sep 16th, 20252015 vintage. Yah…decade-old Condrieu at $32.10 a bottle resto cost. Mix of premier cru Chablis and Pernand-Vergelesses bod at this point. Believe the artist formerly known as Prince tossed up a track that fairly encapsulated this wine…Sexy MF. Picked up the last four cases of this to pour by the glass via Coravin likely starting around Thanksgiving. And it would go well with a ton of that holiday grubadubdub. Twould be great if posters could actually spell Viognier correctly. Probs asking for the bleeping moon here. 9.16.25.
2015 vintage. Yah…decade-old Condrieu at $32.10 a bottle resto cost. Mix of premier cru Chablis and Pernand-Vergelesses bod at this point. Believe the artist formerly known as Prince tossed up a track that fairly encapsulated this wine…Sexy MF. Picked up the last four cases of this to pour by the glass via Coravin likely starting around Thanksgiving. And it would go well with a ton of that holiday grubadubdub. Twould be great if posters could actually spell Viognier correctly. Probs asking for the bleeping moon here. 9.16.25.
Sep 16th, 2025
Pear, melon, apricot, almond, orange blossom, butterscotch, honey, roasted marshmallow, Meyer lemon, toasted oats.
10% new oak.
Medium flavor and node intensity, medium acidity, medium+ body, medium+ finish.
Pear, melon, apricot, almond, orange blossom, butterscotch, honey, roasted marshmallow, Meyer lemon, toasted oats.
10% new oak.
Medium flavor and node intensity, medium acidity, medium+ body, medium+ finish.
It’s like White Burgundy visits the tropics: pineapple & delicious butter.
It’s like White Burgundy visits the tropics: pineapple & delicious butter.
Apr 2nd, 2022
16.5 fresh, light, good fruit, not rich, M length. 2012
16.5 fresh, light, good fruit, not rich, M length. 2012
Mar 28th, 2015