Full Review

Durigutti

Durigutti
2020 Viognier, Mendoza

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Shellfish Turkey

Category: Viognier

Date Tasted:
Country: Argentina
Alcohol: 12% RS: <1%
85 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$14.99

Durigutti
2020 Viognier, Mendoza

Pair this wine with:
Chicken Shellfish Turkey

Category: Viognier

Date Tasted:
Country: Argentina
Alcohol: 12% RS: <1%
Pale golden yellow color. Waxy aromas and flavors of clementine, white flowers, melon, and ginger with a satiny, crisp, dry light body and an even, swift finish revealing overtones of lemon with no oak flavor. A zippy and aromatic Viognier for hot days.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World & Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: clementine, white flowers, melon, and ginger
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of lemon
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now
Recipes Pairing: Turkey, Roasted Chicken, Boiled Lobster
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A zippy and aromatic Viognier, for hot days

The Importer

Elixir Wine Group

The Importer
11 NW Lava Rd.
Bend, OR 97703
USA
1 541-388-5330

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Viognier

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Serve in a White Wine Glass
If you had to use one word to describe the flavor profile of Viognier, it would be exotic. Aromas of this lovely variety range from peach pie and cream to pineapple and honeysuckle. Famed for its role as the grape of the rare white wine Condrieu from France's Rhone Valley, dozens of California producers, from Lodi to Santa Ynez Valleys now work with Viognier, as do a few producers in Washington State and even in Virginia.

The distinctive fruit perfumes are so engaging, thus the use of oak is diminished in most versions of domestic Viognier. Most are delicious wines that are at their best at an early age; consume within three to five years of the vintage date. Pair these wines with Asian, Thai or fusion cuisine - especially with pineapple or peanut sauce - or sushi/sashimi.