Côtes-du-Rhône Viognier, Domaine Les Grands Bois 2023

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This Viognier is my very favourite everyday white wine. Richer and more aromatic even than many Burgundian Chardonnays, this is a really glorious wine. This very ancient grape variety, brought to the southern Rhône by the Romans, very nearly died out in the 1960s because it requires so much skill in its winemaking; it is now quite rightly ultra-fashionable. Its highest expression is Condrieu.

For less than a quarter of the price of Condrieu, you can buy this Côtes-du-Rhône Viognier 2023 from our favourite small family-owned southern Rhône producer, Domaine les Grands Bois.

- David Campbell, Founder of FromVineyardsDirect

How does the wine taste? Customer Reviews (2)

Golden yellow in colour. An intense floral nose with hints of pear, peach and apricot. Fresh, with lots of fruit but also a crisp minerality and a long full finish.

This is the most incredible bargain. I love southern Rhone whites especially Condrieu, but that's sadly too good and too expensive to drink everyday. £14.95! for a wine produced from Viognier grapes grown on those wonderful slopes you see as you head away from Lyon on the Autoroute de Soleil. Glorious place, delicious wine with lovely fruit, fresh blossom all so fresh. Next time we drive down to the South of France I am going to be the passenger, sipping this Viognier. Thank you for the recommendation of this lovely wine and thank you to John Livingstone-Learmonth for introducing me to this great river.

Nicholas Boscawen - October 2024

Delicious - one of the better bottles of Viognier you can hope to order.

Paul Roy Campbell - September 2024

"I love the 2023 Domaine Les Grands Bois 'Le Viognier' and love the price. Uncle Bob Parker even described it as the finest value Viognier he had ever tasted. As with previous vintages, there are all the enticing peach/apricot notes that one would expect, along with an uplifting freshness."

Jonathan Ray, The Spectator Magazine

"May be the finest value in Viognier that I have ever tasted."

Robert Parker

"This is a white Côtes-du-Rhône, 100% Viognier, from an estate which has been certified organic since 2011. It's a truly lovely Viognier, with enough 'heady' perfume of apricot and blossom, but then plenty of citrus and firmer, pear and apple freshness too. In the mouth it wears its 14% alcohol lightly, though that does help give this texture and weight, it stays crisp and cool through to the finish."

Tom Cannavan, WINE-PAGES.COM

In a nutshell

Region: Rhône Country: France Grape: Viognier Unit: Bottle (75cl) ABV: 13% Drink: Now - 2026 SKU: 0923F011

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