Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Blend of 66% Roussanne, 21% Grenache Blanc, 8% Picpoul Blanc, 3% Picardan & 2% Clairette Blanch, aged in French oak (20% new). Pale to medium lemon color with aromas of stone fruits, flower blossoms and nutty spice. On the palate flavors of ripe apple, baked pears and citrus zest with touches of honeysuckle and sweet oak. Long finish, good mouthfeel, well balanced with acidity ending with fruit, nutty notes and pronounced mineral character, very nice! — 3 months ago

Ganesh

8.9

Day 1: Interesting experiment. I can see why it’s used for blending. Very neutral and a little lemony.
Day 2: Really grew on me. Acidity dropped and allowed fruit to come in. Still like lemon but more like lemon custard. I suggest decanting for a bit — 6 years ago

Jeremías ROBERT

9.2

Perfect white with a great balance of clairette, roussane, grenache, bourboulenc, picpoul et picardan. Subtle and crisp finish. — 8 years ago

with Sarah Boyle

Shay A

9.3

One of the bottles from my annual WWC hosting. I opened this as a side by side to a 2019 Saxum White as the makeup is fairly similar.

80% roussanne/ remaining a mix of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, piquepoul blanc, picardan and bourboulenc.

Nicely expressive at pop, it then faded and hid in a shell for a few hours before coming back at last glass. At 80% roussanne, I expected a more consistent expressive profile (honeyed tropical fruits, some orange) and for the acid to show a touch, but it was a roller coaster. More melon and light fruits vs bigger/more tropical. Medium bodied but not as rich as expected. It’s clean and shows some floral and mineral/stony nuances, but I’d spend the extra and take the Roussanne VV to get more complexity and flavor. — 6 months ago

Kerri Horgan

9.0

French Bordeaux from Monoprix — 7 years ago

with Mike

Fabien Lainé

Blogger VinDeling.com

9.3

2013 - Clairette (30%) Bourboulenc (30%) Roussanne (25%) Grenache Blanc(14%) Picpoul blanc et Picardan (1%), fermented in steel tanks. Refined with a spicy touch, elegant and floral note, it as like this salty touch also and nice acidity. A great wine. — 11 years ago

Doug Powers

9.2

[68% Roussanne, 17% Grenache Blanc, 7% Picpoul, 4% Clairette, and 4% Picardan] Ripe, rich white fruit, floral, citrus, spice, and mineral aromas and flavors, very good acid balance, long, complex finish, lovely white Rhône-style blend!! — a year ago

with Jim

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.5

The thrilling 2017 Chateau de Beaucastel Châteauneuf du Pape is a scintillating new wine by Marc Perrin. The final blend is 30% both Grenache and Mourvedre, 10% Counoise, 10% to varietals Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, Roussanne and 5% Cinsault. Needing a one hour decant to be fully aroused, the 2017 Chateau de Beaucastel shows nice stony and smoky tones with green olive tapenade, huckleberry, herbs de Provence, and shades of Umami. The palate shows amazing freshness and astringency, with a seamless texture and marvelous mouthfeel. Rich black fruits mingle with shades of saline dusted red currants, Kalmata olive tapenade, bulls blood, smoked pork shoulder and menthol tones that all sing in harmony on the palate. Lively, with a great veil of tension and showing great weight, this beautiful wine is only an infant at this juncture and will provide drinking enjoyment for decades to come. Drink 2020-2038- 95 — 5 years ago