Lemon verbena and apricot. Soft, juicy, with a touch of apricot skin to the green tea and white flowers. It's opulent but not massive, with good depth of Condrieu character. Very good example of Condrieu in 2019, not overly opulent nor is it weak in fruit. He will release the 2018 Vieilles Vignes de Jacques Vernay in 2022; he has made it in 2019, but it won't be available to taste until release. Partly from Malleval, partly from Saint Pierre de Boeuf. 2/3 in Stockinger demi-muid. Malo blocked in 2019.

Stéphane Ogier is best known for his syrah wines from Côte-Rôtie, but this viognier earns a place right beside those reds. Sourced from seven acres of vines in granite soils in Malleval and La Combe, it delivers a direct shot of sweet, dense red-blushed peach flavor directly to the pleasure centers of the brain. It’s rich, smooth and satiny, with rosewater scents that lend it delicacy while nutty notes add a balancing savor. The wine remains firm and focused for days after opening, boding well for its development in the cellar.

Flamboyant florals entwine among smoky notes on the complex, compelling nose of Ogier's 2019 Condrieu la Combe de Malleval. Backed by ripe apricot and pineapple notes, this medium to full-bodied wine glides easily across the palate—rich and silky—into a long, refreshingly mineral finish. While this is ripe, it's not overdone, and it retains a certain welcome sense of stoniness without being at all austere.- JC

Delicious, this white is really bright and fresh in feel, with a blitz of chamomile, honeysuckle, mirabelle plum, white peach and white apricot notes, supported by a fine minerality on the finish. Drink now through 2023. 200 cases imported.