Winery - Yves Cuilleron
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a balanced, not over-rich Condrieu, with enticing cookedwood flavors. The big attraction, a result partly of the fresh 2000 vintage, is its refreshing acidity, which cuts through the weight and richness and makes it very drinkable.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cuilleron’s use of wood is subtle, leaving just a hint of caramel on this smooth, opulent wine. It is rich, fat and full-bodied, with flavors more of apricots and white fruits. There’s a light touch of acidity, but spices and ripe fruits dominate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An earthy wine, which has flavors of walnuts and spice, with a hint of ripe fruits, but more of herbs. At this stage, the wine hasn’t yet struck a balance between the wood and other flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A bright, modern, deep purple color immediately shows the approach with this wine. The brightness continues to the aromas of red berry fruits and new wood. To taste, it is dominated by sweet new-wood flavors, but has also some deep blackcurrant fruit and big, firm, perfumed tannins. Give it five years and it will be delicious.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Honeyed orange aromas easily handle the oak that’s been placed over them. On the palate, this is a rich, round wine that fills the mouth without being heavy, ending with a lengthy flourish of toasty oak. Drink now–2008.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Toasty and oaky, this is a ripe, full-bodied white that still retains enough minerality and spice to give it some individuality. Drink now–2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Marked by oak, this shows plenty of vanilla and menthol notes to go along with flavors of plum and cola. It’s full, round and supple, but not all that complex. Drink 2007–2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Yves Cuilleron’s style is not aimed at blockbuster levels of extract. The 2004 L’Amarybelle exemplifies his balanced approach, yielding ample blackberries and spice couched in a medium-weight wine that is very supple, elegant and persistent. Drink now–2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The ever increasing range of Yves Cuilleron’s wines includes a number of single parcel wines, especially from his Saint-Joseph holdings. This wine, from the Lombard vineyard, is typically rich and opulent, packed with spice and ripe fruits. It is full-bodied, and at this young stage still dominated by toast and wood flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A ripe, spicy wine flavored with spicy wood, honey and apricots, favoring elegance rather than opulence. It comes from a slope outside the village of Chavanay in the heart of Condrieu.
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