Scoring 18 Dionysian points, costing under $40 and with 14% alcohol, the Louis Chez 2010 Pagus Luminis Condrieu white Rhone showed perfectly.
Orange blossom, hints of honeysuckle and pear were upfront. A classic food wine.
Condrieu has always made a soft Viognier wine with subtle bouquets. It cost less than half the price of Chateau Grillet; bot made with Viognier.
White French Rhone wines are ideal with white meats, turkey and chicken and also with most fish dishes.
Scallops on corn-meal polenta with sautéed spinach paired nicely with the Condrieu.
The name means in French from the Latin “Village of Light” and the area is a flood of sunshine. In vino veritas.
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