The wine is beautifully balanced, poised between ripe yellow fruits and a tight, taut acidity and minerality. It shows roundness initially, then offers a long-term prospect of intense fruit and a strong structure. Drink...

The 2012 Condrieu la Doriane is much more open and flamboyant than the tighter, slightly closed 2013 and offers full-bodied notes of quince, orange blossom, white peach and exotic flowers. This is a classic Condrieu that...