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The 2024 Viognier Art Den Hoed is savory and perfumed, with nuances of fresh ginger and sour melon creating its pure bouquet. It opens with a balanced inner sweetness and vividly ripe melon tones elevated by a tinge of confectionery spice. Subtly tropical yet beautifully balanced, it leaves a distinctly salty flourish to linger. (EG)

The killer 2023 Condrieu La Doriane boasts gorgeous orange blossom, honeyed flowers, toasted spice, and grilled peach aromatics that build incrementally with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied, focused, and pure, this brilliant effort spent 9 months in 100% new French oak and represents the crème de la crème of the vintage.

Dusty Nabor’s 2024 J+K Vineyard Viognier comes from Ballard Canyon, a Santa Barbara County appellation established in 2013. The area’s inland valley and surrounding hills distinguish it within the broader Santa Ynez Valley, providing clear geographic context for this vineyard-designated California white.

La Fortuna’s 2024 Viognier comes from Tuscany’s Montalcino area and carries the Sant’Antimo name. While Montalcino is best known for Sangiovese-based Brunello, the Sant’Antimo denomination encompasses a broader range of grape varieties and wine styles, giving Viognier a distinctive role in the area’s wine landscape.

When Julien Pilon studied winemaking, he worked with people like Yves Cuilleron, Mas Amiel and Pierre-Jean Villa. This first generation winemaker started his own project in 2010 making his first vintage in his parent's garage. First buying fruit from other growers, he began to build up his own brand and winemaking style purchasing his own cellar in the summer of 2020. Julien owns 5 hectares has several more under contract and still sources top quality fruit his neighbors. Much like Yves Cuilleron he covers the range of the Northern Rhone across all the major appellations, including Cote-Rotie, Saint-Peray, Saint-Joseph and Condrieu. His focus is primarily on white wines, which make up about 70% of his production. Pilon’s wines are clean, precise and exciting, showing the passion of this creator and the potential of this emerging estate. The "Mon Grand-Pere..." is 100% Viognier. All grapes are hand harvested and each lot is fermented in tank separately. This ages in used oak barrels for a short period before bottling.

When Julien Pilon studied winemaking, he worked with people like Yves Cuilleron, Mas Amiel and Pierre-Jean Villa. This first generation winemaker started his own project in 2010 making his first vintage in his parent's garage. First buying fruit from other growers, he began to build up his own brand and winemaking style purchasing his own cellar in the summer of 2020. Julien owns 5 hectares has several more under contract and still sources top quality fruit his neighbors. Much like Yves Cuilleron he covers the range of the Northern Rhone across all the major appellations, including Cote-Rotie, Saint-Peray, Saint-Joseph and Condrieu. His focus is primarily on white wines, which make up about 70% of his production. Pilon’s wines are clean, precise and exciting, showing the passion of this creator and the potential of this emerging estate. The "Vernon" is 100% Viognier from one of Condrieu's most prestigious sites. All grapes are hand harvested and it is vinified entirely in oak barrels. It is aged for an extended period and shows the power and finesse of this emblematic site.

Julien Pilon’s 2024 Condrieu "Iône" is quite classic in profile this year, coming in at 13.5 percent octane and delivering a refined aromatic constellation of pear, passion fruit, a touch of clementine, coriander seed, a fine base of stony soil tones, musky floral tones and a bit of orange peel in the upper register. On the palate the wine is elegant, focused and full-bodied, with lovely depth of fruit at the core, excellent soil signature and grip, a good spine of acidity and impeccable balance on the long and complex finish. This is very pretty Condrieu.

The 2024 Condrieu La Doriane, vinified and matured entirely in barrel, is sourced from parcels in Côteau de Chéry, Côteau de Vernon, Colombier, Côte Chatillon and Château de Volan. It reveals a refined, slightly toasted bouquet marked by attractive reduction, combining the exuberance typical of Condrieu with a degree of restraint rarely encountered in the appellation. Full-bodied, dense and round, it marries power with precision, remaining racy, ethereal and saline through the finish. It's a superb rendition that should rival the excellent 2023 with time in the cellar. (YC)

The 2024 Condrieu La Doriane, vinified and matured entirely in barrel, is sourced from parcels in Côteau de Chéry, Côteau de Vernon, Colombier, Côte Chatillon and Château de Volan. It reveals a refined, slightly toasted bouquet marked by attractive reduction, combining the exuberance typical of Condrieu with a degree of restraint rarely encountered in the appellation. Full-bodied, dense and round, it marries power with precision, remaining racy, ethereal and saline through the finish. It's a superb rendition that should rival the excellent 2023 with time in the cellar. (YC)

Domaine Begude is a small, family-owned property located high in the foothills of the Pyrenees in the Limoux region of the Languedoc. Proprietor James Kinglake believes that Viognier has incredible potential in the region. The natural climatic influence of the Pyrenees to the south, the Atlantic to the west and the Mediterranean to the east provides a haven for grape varieties that excel in a cooler climate. The Viognier vineyards are at approximately 240 meters and are planted on a mix of clay-limestone soils. Though they are not going for Condrieu, the goal is to make one of the best Viogniers that the south of France has to offer. Cost to quality, you'll most definitely agree.

The 2024 Viognier is spicy in the glass, as a whiff of wild herbs and sour citrus gives way to crushed green apples. Zesty tension reverberates on the palate as salty mineral tones collide with lime-infused orchard fruits. The finish is clean and crisp, leaving the mouth watering for more as a hint of sour melon tapers off. (EG)

Founded in 1992, Cristom Vineyards is a family-owned estate in Oregon’s Eola-Amity Hills, an appellation within the Willamette Valley. The 2025 Louise Estate is a Viognier from a producer best known for estate-grown Pinot Noir, highlighting another grape cultivated at this longstanding Oregon property.