TN: 15 Dom. de Viranel 'Viognier' [Cessenon]

15 Dom. de Viranel ‘Viognier’ [Cessenon] This is a varietal labeled IGP from the Languedoc, direct imported by K&L; the label states 12.5% - 14% abv. I’d never tried / heard of the estate before, but generally have been happy with unknown viogniers from this general region, so took a flyer on this. Unfortunately this was disappointing, over 3 days served chilled/cold/room temperature with and without food. It has a synthetic cork and was a sound wine. It’s flabby and doesn’t have the pleasant viognier nose. Not much depth on the palate either. Pale straw in color. Somewhere in the B- zone if one was handing out a grade. Drinkable, not defective or anything, but nothing to desire again. Small sample set, but generally have liked white 2014’s from the Rhone/Midi better than the 2015s.

+1. Being a fan of high acidity and moderate ABV my gut would tell me to pick the 2014 from any region in France actually given the choice but especially from the south.