Skip to main content
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Toggle Navigation Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant Your Cart

2017 Condrieu “Chéry”

André Perret
Discount Eligible $95.00
SOLD OUT

Legend has it that in the third century A.D. Emperor Probus issued a decree to uproot half of Gaul’s vineyards to combat overproduction within the Roman Empire. Yet he spared this special plot, his “coteau chéri” (darling hillside), based on the extraordinary nectar it produced. Today, Chéry’s legacy lives on: flaunting a sublime perfume, this voluptuous, refreshing, intricately woven masterpiece sets the bar at the summit for Northern Rhône whites. If you ever thought that Viognier could not age, hide away a few bottles of this Condrieu for ten years. The result—decadent, toasty, gloriously honeyed, yet bone-dry—is truly mind-blowing.

Anthony Lynch


Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2017
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: Viognier
Appellation: Condrieu
Country: France
Region: Northern Rhône
Producer: André Perret
Winemaker: André Perret
Vineyard: 50 years average, 2.8 ha
Soil: Limestone
Aging: Aged for one year on fine lees in barrique, then another three months in stainless steel before bottling
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 15%

More from this Producer or Region

More from Northern Rhône or France

Discount Eligible $59.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $35.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $44.00
SOLD OUT
Discount Eligible $94.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $49.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $94.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $90.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $82.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $90.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $28.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $39.00
AT CART MAX
Discount Eligible $55.00
SOLD OUT
Sampling wine out of the barrel.

When buying red Burgundy, I think we should remember:

1. Big wines do not age better than light wine.
2. A so-called great vintage at the outset does not guarantee a great vintage for the duration.
3. A so-called off vintage at the outset does not mean the wines do not have a brilliant future ahead of them.
4. Red Burgundy should not taste like Guigal Côte-Rôtie, even if most wine writers wish it would.
5. Don’t follow leaders; watch yer parking meters.

Inspiring Thirst, page 174