Condrieu, Verchery, 2021

Routinely a lighter, finer-styled Condrieu, the 2021 unfurls with tightly grained stone fruits, citrus and flowers; a wine with many facets and textures, cut with a lacy acidity and grippy definition on the finish. Aged in used oak barrels with malolactic fermentation completed. Production is always small as Clusel Roch holdings amount to a mere 0.5ha, yielding rarely more than 2,000 bottles a year. In 2021, this figure was reduced by 60% owing to frost in April.