90 Points | International Wine Cellar , January/February 1999

Oakier, spicier nose features coconut and cinnamon. Strong, thick and concentrated, but quite dry, with more finesse and structure than the above. Here the acids seem firmer, but I don't get the citric notes shown in years with higher acidity. Dry, very persistent back end. Rather oaky.
A strict trie is done here because healthy skins are a basic requirement for macération pelliculaire.
"Have you ever wanted to make a botrytis Condrieu?" I asked Marcel Guigal's son Philippe.
"Never," he replied. "My father started with Condrieu back when the appellation had shrunk to just seven hectares, after sweet wines had practically ruined Condrieu."

94 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate