Bacchus wrote:
The blurb says citrus blossom, ripe abricot, delicate floral. I say medicinal, earthy, hhhhhorrid. Look out water purification plant, here it comes. I do like my Vio but this is something else...
Yes Bacchus, I like a good Viognier from the northern Rhone and parts of the Midi, but it is serious dosh. This is to do wine making technique, with the ground and climate there. Broken iron stone agregates and sand over granite rocks. The Viognier vine needs to struggle, low yielding, and the root stocks need to be the real strain and be older than 20 years. Late picked Vio needs to have cool nights and bright dry days.
I believe the problems we have in enjoying these much cheaper versions of the wine made in other parts of the world, is that it is different. The strain is vigorous and not prone to mildew, the ground is clay and loamy perhaps, and the climate at night is too warm.........Therefore the wine is not the one that is judged by connoisseurs.
Does anyone want to examine the market for a sub £10 Viognier wine that is close to the style and flavour that became so famous ?
Perhaps from the new world - but on the 
