Domaine Christophe Pichon

Christophe and Isabelle Pichon, apart from the small matter of bringing up six children, also farm 10 hectares spread over the wine appellations of Côte Rôtie, Condrieu and St Joseph.

Nearly 4 hectares of this are in Condrieu, to the South of the appellation, in the commune of Chavanay. Condrieu, with its distinctive granitic terraced vineyards, is still perceived as the source of the best Viognier wines in the world, wines of incredible richness and a texture which afford the reviewer/taster little alternative but to use vocabulary from the more sensuous and decadent end of the spectrum!