Voorverkoop Rémi Niero
Sublieme Condrieu & Côte-Rôtie

Lightly floral style, with sweet, ripe peach on the nose which flows through to the palate. Great concentration and length, it's a flamboyant, oak-influenced expression, one with real intensity and concentration. Lovely sense of purity, this is a new cuvée for Niero since the 2018 vintage. From the granitic lieu-dit Roncharde, just above the Côte Chatillon. – september 2023

Honeyed orange, brioche, toasted spice, sappy flowers, and ample minerality all emerge from the 2021 Condrieu Vernon, a beautifully textured, medium-bodied, seamless, utterly gorgeous Condrieu. Shining for its purity and freshness, it's concentrated, has a great texture, integrated acidity, and one heck of a finish. I love it. – (oogst 2021), december 2022

Black cherry yoghurt, sweet fruit on the palate. Full-bodied, well balanced, easy to like and drinkable; the fruit isn't overripe, the tannins have precision. Impressive winemaking. – Matt Walls, september 2023

A savoury, smoky charcoal nose. Good ripeness of fruit and controlled tannins, and pleasingly low alcohol. The kind of unshowy but perfectly balanced St-Joseph that doesn't necessarily wow you on tasting, but proves a very welcome case of wine to have in the cellar thanks to its innate drinkability. Destemmed fruit, 15 months in barrel, 20% new. – Matt Walls, september 2023

Plenty of dark fruits, mineral, and violet notes emerge from the 2021 Côte Rôtie Eminence, a medium-bodied, balanced Côte Rôtie that shows the fresher, cooler style of the vintage. It's well-made and has solid potential. – (oogst 2021), december 2022

Black raspberries, red plums, flowery incense, and sandalwood notes all emerge from the 2020 Côte Rôtie Vires De Serine, a medium-bodied, pure, pretty, exotic, and floral Côte Rôtie that has supple tannins and a great finish. It's clearly an outstanding wine, but it's going to need a few years of bottle age. – (oogst 2020), december 2022

On another level, the 2020 Côte Rôtie Les 400 De La Viallière is pure class, offering textbook black raspberry fruits as well as spring flowers, game, rose petal, and spicy aromas and flavors. It's full-bodied, with a seamless, multi-dimensional mouthfeel and incredibly polished tannins. This is a drop-dead gorgeous Côte Rôtie in the making. – februari 2022