Not yet bottled, the blockbuster-styled 2015 Condrieu Coteau du Chéry is a big, full-bore beauty that doesn’t pull any punches with its decadent pineapple, tangerine, orange blossom, powdered rock and rose garden aromas and flavors. However, like all great wines, it stays light and lively on the palate, with beautiful freshness.

Limpid yellow. Penetrating aromas of fresh citrus and pit fruits and violet are complicated by suggestions of ginger and dusty minerals. Juicy and deeply concentrated on the palate, offering intense white peach, pear nectar and orange zest flavors that show outstanding clarity. The floral note repeats emphatically on the penetrating finish, which lingers with superb focus and tenacity.

To be bottled before the end of 2016. Heady nose and very winning, expressive, just-not-over-the-top palate. Flavour rammed in here! A peach of a wine. A little hot on the end but no shortage of character. (JR)