Wine Condrieu AOC La Petite Cote 2007
Reviews of purchase Condrieu AOC La Petite Cote 2007
Tasting Notes
Transparent wine of light yellow color.
The wine has a fruity taste with notes of citrus, a faint hint of thyme and a long, mineral finish.
The wine has a scent with notes of pear, peach, floral notes and hints of butter and honey.
Fine wine as an aperitif and goes well with fish dishes, desserts and cheeses from goat's milk.
Interesting Facts
Viognier grape variety from which the wine Kondriё la Petite Côte - very rare and only occurs mainly in the northern part of the valley Ron. The wines from this grape are always obtained very fragrant. La Petite Cote - "Little slope" - wine easily as the first impression of the great region of Condrieu.
Three generations of the family Kyuyerona Yves (Yves Cuilleron) produced wine from both father and mother. They owned vineyards on prironskih terraces constructed by the Romans.
In 1920, Yves grandfather paternal Claude Kyuyeron established economy. By 1947 he began to sell his wine in bottles. In 1960, Uncle Yves Antoine Kyuyeron becomes manager of the company. Yves graduated from one of the best schools in France and oenological trained winemakers in the Rhone. In 1987 Yves begins to work in the company and decided to settle in the village Verlё where his mother grew up. In the same year, Yves gets 3.5 ha of land in Condrieu and Saint Joseph's, and in 1989 in Cote Rotie. When Antoine Kyuyeron retired parents Willow going to sell land, but he did not hesitate for a second, took over management of the company.
According to Yves, without rigorous approach can not create good products, he wanted to understand and control everything. To be sure in the creation of unique wines Eve rejected all the ideas and refused to be copied by other manufacturers. From the outset, it tracks all stages of production - from planting grapes to bottling the wine in the bottle.
In 1992 Verlё built a new cellar, the expansion of which is produced in 1999. The main modernization took place in 2007, have been redesigned building for production, endurance and wine storage.
Today Yves Kyuyeron is one of the most exciting wine valley Ron, he actively took up the revival of the former glory of the appellation Kondriё. Thanks to careful selection, rejection of insecticides and hand picking them to create high-quality wines. At harvest time he personally sneaks on terraces, instructing builders to work slowly and carefully. He is committed to continuous improvement of methods of wine production, achieving ever greater complexity and richness of its Kondriё.
