2012 Condrieu, Cuvée de Chéry, Domaine Robert et Rémi Niero

2012 Condrieu, Cuvée de Chéry, Domaine Robert et Rémi Niero

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2012 Condrieu, Cuvée de Chéry, Domaine Robert et Rémi Niero

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Chéry is one of the most famous ‘lieu-dits’ in the appellation, its steep granitic vines actually in the commune of  Verin and therefore a little further south than  Rémi’s other plots. The Chéry has a deeper golden colour, more viscosity and richness and, somewhat paradoxically, a more marked oak influence, despite the fact that the aging regime is exactly the same as for Les Ravines.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer

Rémi is now fully in charge, with Robert now retired, although, as so often, retirement does not seem to preclude almost daily visits to the winery. Old habits die hard... In any event, new livery and, to my mind, even more attention to detail in the vineyards, both underline the quality in this famous old property

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Domaine Robert Niero

Domaine Robert Niero

Robert Niero spent 13 years working in a bank before marrying the late Jean Pinchon`s daughter and thus inheriting holdings in some of Condrieu's most illustrious vineyards. He made further purchases and now has just under 6 hectares of vineyards. .

The Syrah grape variety, from which Côte Rôtie is made, is cultivated in the community of Ampuis in La Vallière (0.60ha)  and Semons in Coteau de Bassenon (1.20ha).

Since 1994 Robert has vinified separately the Viogner grapes from his holdings in the Coteau de Chery and La Roncharde vineyards (the latter goes into Condrieu Les Ravines). The average vine age in the Coteau de Chery is high (30-50 years old) and the wines are powerful, well-structured and often exotically rich.

His son Rémi joined the domain in 2004.

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Viognier

Viognier

A white grape variety originating in the Northern Rhône and which in the last ten years has been increasingly planted in the Southern Rhône and the Languedoc.

It is a poor-yielding grape that is notoriously fickle to grow, being susceptible to a whole gamut of pests and diseases. Crucially it must be picked at optimum ripeness - if harvested too early and under-ripe the resulting wine can be thin, dilute and unbalanced, while if picked too late then the wine will lack the grape's distinctive peach and honeysuckle aroma. It is most successfully grown in the tiny appellations of Château-Grillet and Condrieu where it thrives on the distinctive arzelle granite-rich soils. It is also grown in Côte Rôtie where it lends aromatic richness to the wines when blended with Syrah.

Viognier has been on the charge in the Southern Rhône and the Languedoc throughout the 1990s and is now a key component of many white Côtes du Rhône. In Languedoc and Rousillon it is increasingly being bottled unblended and with notable success with richly fragrant wines redolent of overripe apricots and peaches and selling at a fraction of the price of their Northern Rhône cousins.

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