2024 Julien Pilon "Lone" Condrieu

Notes

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 "Lone" is 100% Viognier from 5 different plots. 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.