Lookin’ forward to gettin’ me paws on those Secret Packs,
OOOOOOOOOOH YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! 🙂

I’m enjoying this format. Fun stuff.

QOTD: My first Viognier was from Pride Mountain. I liked it a lot and have had quite a few since. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve not yet had a Condrieu. Hmmmmmm. I need to do that soon!

alright, one of you fess us…who dropped the bomb at 6:04? 🙂

alright, one of you fess us…who dropped the bomb at 6:04? 🙂

alright, one of you fess up…who dropped the bomb at 6:04? 🙂

my experience with Viogner begins and ends with two bottles of Cline I bought after a sampling menu.

my experience with Viogner begins and ends with two bottles of Cline I bought after a sampling menu.

Dear Seb,

just read your comment an Yes that´s a huge coincidence! Funny though!

Take care

Steven

Yo G, What was that “rummblin’ noise” at 6:04????? Inquirin’ minds
wanna know!!!! 🙂

Yo G, What was that “rummblin’ noise” at 6:04????? Inquirin’ minds
wanna know!!!! 🙂

Viognier can age beautifully if it comes from a great vintage and producer. I am a fan of Guigal Condrieu.

Viognier has been making an appearance here in Southwest Virginia. I love the varietal and I think it grows well. The aroma is the big selling point as I love a good smelling wine. Of course, I am biased towards the distinctive terroir out here.

Viognier has been making an appearance here in Southwest Virginia. I love the varietal and I think it grows well. The aroma is the big selling point as I love a good smelling wine. Of course, I am biased towards the distinctive terroir out here.

QOTD: Have been enjoying Viognier more and more recently. Like its texture and fruity characteristics (generally speaking!).

QOTD: I must say that I have not tried one – another wine to add to my ever growing list

still waiting for the next episode to pop up

QOTD: I must say that I have not tried one – another wine to add to my ever growing list

still waiting for the next episode to pop up

I much prefer rolle (also called vermentino) you find in the South of France to viognier which is often quite vulgar and which lack finesse.

Try, Pierre du Sud 2008, (Château Bas)
Domaine Peyreblanc (Giusiano Vignerons), un coteau d’Aix En Provence
Sylvain Morey (la Bastide du Claux), Baraban 2007, un côte-du-luberon blanc, composé de 65% de grenache blanc, 25% de vermentino et 10% d’ugny blanc.

Cheers Gary 😉

QOTD: The best Viognier I ever had was a 2007 K Vintners Columbia Valley Viognier…I only looked for it after Charles Smith (aka Rockstar) was on your show!!! Would seek it out…just drank it last week and boy was it delish!!

Can’t wait for the other blind eps!

QOTD: The best Viognier I ever had was a 2007 K Vintners Columbia Valley Viognier…I only looked for it after Charles Smith (aka Rockstar) was on your show!!! Would seek it out…just drank it last week and boy was it delish!!

Can’t wait for the other blind eps!

Screw Cap spotted! And, the other wine looks like it should hold Bowmore single malt scotch.

QOTD: never had any.

I’ve enjoyed Viogniers for some time, and tend to prefer those characteristics of what turned out to be the less expensive of the two: the crispness, fruit, and sense of breath that it has when you find a good and balanced example. Definitely preferred over the overoaked Chardonnays that seem omnipresent. Thanks for this episode (as for all of them).

gf

I’ve enjoyed Viogniers for some time, and tend to prefer those characteristics of what turned out to be the less expensive of the two: the crispness, fruit, and sense of breath that it has when you find a good and balanced example. Definitely preferred over the overoaked Chardonnays that seem omnipresent. Thanks for this episode (as for all of them).

gf

My experience with viognier is that it is very good wine when done well, but that it appears difficult to do it well. You can get away with a lot and still produce a palatable chardonnay. Bad viognier is truly terrible. I’ve only had a couple viogniers that I’ve liked. But the ones I liked were worth the search.

Gary, I’m enjoying the side-by-side idea and glad to see viognier moving beyond its “poor cousin to chardonnay” status. The French wine seemed to stand apart from chardonnay much better than the Aussie.
One slight irritation – why do you refer to the grape varieties as grape varietals all the time? Varietal was created in the wine industry to denote a wine containing only one variety of grape….see wikipedia entry below. So to refer to one of the viognier bottles as a great varietal makes sense, assuming it’s all viognier. But to say “viognier is an interesting varietal” just doesn’t make sense and sounds kinda snobby (which is exactly what you aren’t!!). There is no confusion whatsoever if you say “viognier is an interesting (grape) variety”.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

See all-knowing wikipedia entry below:
“Varietal” describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label.[1][2] Examples of grape varieties commonly used in varietal wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot. Wines that display the name of two or more varieties on their label, such as a Chardonnay-Viognier, are blends and not varietal wines. The term is frequently misused in place of vine variety; the term variety refers to the vine or grape while varietal refers to the wine produced by a variety.[2]

Gary, I’m enjoying the side-by-side idea and glad to see viognier moving beyond its “poor cousin to chardonnay” status. The French wine seemed to stand apart from chardonnay much better than the Aussie.
One slight irritation – why do you refer to the grape varieties as grape varietals all the time? Varietal was created in the wine industry to denote a wine containing only one variety of grape….see wikipedia entry below. So to refer to one of the viognier bottles as a great varietal makes sense, assuming it’s all viognier. But to say “viognier is an interesting varietal” just doesn’t make sense and sounds kinda snobby (which is exactly what you aren’t!!). There is no confusion whatsoever if you say “viognier is an interesting (grape) variety”.

Anyway, keep up the good work.

See all-knowing wikipedia entry below:
“Varietal” describes wines made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label.[1][2] Examples of grape varieties commonly used in varietal wines are Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot. Wines that display the name of two or more varieties on their label, such as a Chardonnay-Viognier, are blends and not varietal wines. The term is frequently misused in place of vine variety; the term variety refers to the vine or grape while varietal refers to the wine produced by a variety.[2]