Wine Tasting with Simon Woods: Torrontes from Argentina, Viognier from Rhone & Languedoc
Channel: Simon Woods
Date: 2013-03-27

http://youtu.be/zlu3retYB-U

Simon Woods finds that while Torrontes and Viognier are both aromatic white grapes, they don't have a great deal in common. But which does he prefer...?

For tasting notes and links to producer/retailer websites, go to http://www.simonwoods.com/wine-tasting/wine-tasting-video-torrontes-from-argentina-meets-viognier-from-the-rhone-languedoc

The wines tasted in this video are:
Gimenez Riili Perpetuum Premium Torrontés 2011, Famatina Valley, La Rioja, Argentina (£10.95 Cupari Wines)

Mairena Torrontés 2011, Cafayate, Salta, Argentina (£10.95 Cupari Wines)

Laroche Viognier de La Chevalière Pays d'Oc 2011, France (£9.99 Askewine, Trina's Wines, Cooden Cellars, Kenilworth Wines, Vinology, Vinea, Conwy Fine Wines, Peckhams, The Fine Wine Company, Aitken Wines, The Cave)

Pierre Gaillard Côtes du Rhône Les Gendrines 2010, France (£19.90 Berry Bros & Rudd)

Domaine de Monteillet Condrieu Les Grandes Chaillees 2010, Rhône, France (£33.99 Field and Fawcett, Noel Young, The Sampler, Worth Brothers)