"From the Coteau de Chery, one of the most privileged hillside sites in Condrieu, comes the 2006 Condrieu Invitare. This is the finest Condrieu Chapoutier has yet made. Wonderful honeysuckle, lychee, and liqueur of rocks is followed by a medium to full-bodied wine with terrific acidity, beautifully pure fruit, and a long, heady finish. Condrieu doesn't hold up well with aging, so drink it over the next several years. With twenty vintages under his belt, Michel Chapoutier and his impressive winemaking staff go from strength to strength. These are among the world's greatest wines, especially the single vineyard wines, many of which will last 50 or more years. Chapoutier thinks 2006 is one of the very finest vintages in the northern Rhone for white wines (and I don't see any reason to disagree). The naturally high acidity and a summer season with no brutal heat waves allowed the wines to maintain their acidity while at the same time gaining flavor intensity. I have always had the feeling that despite his prodigious ability to make profound red wines, Michel Chapoutier gets a greater thrill from his white wine portfolio than from his impressive reds." Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 92 points

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