Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 tuscany Loosen never harvests anything less

Loosen never harvests anything less than Auslese-level ripeness from this vineyard

chalky clay over a subsoil of limestone

truffles and lavender

Following the “prise de mousse”

Pair this wine with Moroccan lamb stew

Domaine Pierre Gaillard Condrieu Blanc L'Octroi 2022 tuscany Loosen never harvests anything lessPierre Gaillard's top Condrieu comes from a single hectare of vines on a steep, sandy, granitic slope of Malleval (just south of Condrieu). In 2022, the vines here yielded just 30 hl ha of pungent, tenderloin Viognier fruit, and the wine spent eight months in Allier and Nevers oak, of which just 5% was new. It is early days, but it already hints at the tell tale characteristics of a top Gaillard Viognier: small white flowers, fragrant peach blossom,