Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 muscadelle By February we were back

By February we were back into the Indian summer pattern that is common in the Yarra Valley

Stunningly inviting perfume of blackcurrants

The wood is crisp

Delightfully fragrant aromas of blueberry

A nose suggesting sticky

Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 muscadelle By February we were backPierre 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,