잔에 따르자마자 다양한 향 폭발함 부르고뉴 샤도네이와는 다른 뉘앙스로 열대과실 느낌이 좀 있음. 피니쉬 길고 약간 bitter한 느낌이 론 화이트의 특징을 보여줌 넘 맛있어서 빨리 마신 바람에 충분한 시간동안 음미해보지 못한게 아쉬울 따름. 부르고뉴 유명생산자의 프리미에 크뤼에 필적한다고 보임
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Monthly Tasting Group HWS; Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (By VD and @ VD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with creamy butter and ripe yellow fruits. On the palate ripe yellow fruits as well, nectarines, honey, beautiful acidity, some pleasant bitterness, full bodied and complex. Overall a beautiful wine with some development, but with still a long future as well. A treat!
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Peach, honey, beeswax, baked apples, and some baking spices on the nose. On the palate this is full body with med- acidity and low tannin. Unctuous and full its quite delicious but lacking a bit of lift for my palate. Bring on the triple cream Brie. Drink now and over he next 5+ years.
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Rhône Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant Rijsel, Amsterdam, NL): Made from centenarian Roussanne vines, harvested at a slight surmaturité, aged for eight months in oak (30%) and cuve (70%), 14.5% ABV. Rich and oily but fresh and floral, fleshy and sweet, concentrated and expressive, marvellous minerality, pure and precise, seamless and silky, great resonance and length. Long life.
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Honeyed stone fruits, seashore, and orange blossom. These come though on the nose and the palate. This one finishes with a metallic stone tinge as well. Very long. The acid is moderate and the mouthfeel is very unctuous. As much as I enjoy this, it does seem a tad cloying. The nose and deliciousness make it hard for me to not love it though.
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Kicking off with an orange, floral, citrus and spicy peach nose, the wine is balanced between its sweetness and fleshy, fresh side, leaving you with slightly honeyed yellow fruits in the finish.
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Popped and poured. Was not as good as I had remembered it being, but this may be due to the colder temperature at which it was served. Certainly opened up filling 15 minutes in the glass and warming to room temperature. Clearly a well made wine and rare treat owing to 100+ year-old vines.
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A gorgeous, truly unctuous wine. Waxy, glycerine notes at first, then honeysuckle, pineapple and tropical fruits emerge. Fresh and just - well - gorgeous! This is first time I have drunk these wines young, and I am now a convert.
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Well held bottle at peak drinking. Decant 20 minutes. Complex compelling bouquet: yellow and orange melons, golden berries, white pepper, baked banana tart, fresh manzanilla, birch wood smoke. My nose would rent a spot in this glass for a week. Very creamy, lush, plenty of acidity, and a long creamsicle finish. Lots of orange cream, honeysuckle, lime zest, vanilla meringue over butterscotch, and a deep eggy custard richness. Perfect w a corn, jalapeño, bacon , crabmeat and cheddar quiche. This will drink beautifully for 5 years, I think, but really is at peak now. Superb.
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Encore une fois Beaucastel vieilles vignes me séduit. Même si le nez et ses arômes de miel et de poire confite sont délicieux, c’est sa puissance, son gras, sa texture qui m’attire le plus.
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Very rich and as it warms maybe a touch fat and not quite as good as the 12 I had recently. Very creamy style and would probably chill a few degrees less than normal for a Roussane. Still silky butter like the 12 and heading that way. holding good fruit and depth.
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40th birthday wines (Pied a Terre): Think I might have caught this at an in-between stage. Nose was rather muted. Some lovely floral notes on the palate, but also so rich (and without compensating minerality) that it came across as off-dry. Decent match with a slightly unusual pumpkin and foie gras dish though.
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Smokin Meat and Serious Syrah 2.0 (Westport, CT): This is another classic favorite for me. Can tell there's more age. There's a lot more vanilla and just the hint of that caramel side of things. Rounder mouthful. Acidity and the brighter white fruits that exist when younger are less pronounced. Very bright and compelling though.
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This is just outright delicious for all the reasons I love this wine across vintages. Rich and luscious mouthfeel, beautiful perfumed nose and that lemon custardy mid palate with a mineral finish. Golden yellow and very lovely!
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Progressing nicely from the bottle I had about 1.5yrs ago. Still lots of honey and honeycomb, allspice, some tropical fruits with some pears and pear juicy. Big and viscous but alc has was more in check this bottling.
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Rich buttery and mouth filling. Agree that it gets better when you let it rest a little warmer than ice chilled. Probably cellar temp or 60 is fine. Honeey, vanilla, orange peel. Delicious. Was great by itself but wanted to try w foie gras and pears but no dice....everyone plowed through it too fast. So sauternes instead (first world problems.)
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Massive flavor, long finish. Tastes better around 70F than 50F. Popped and poured half of the bottle and let the other half decant. I think pop and pour is the way to go. More of the fruit and honeysuckle shine through.
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Served with the cheese course but unfortunately still very young and primary as well as a bit too cold, hiding much of the potential complexity that I think will be more visible in the future. Nice medium golden color, this 100% old vine (from 1909) Roussanne did show some vanilla, white peach, minerals and honeysuckle after it warmed up a little. I rated this on its potential not on what it showed in my relatively small, cold taste tonight.
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Intense, yet with a finesse to its power, this was really strong on the nose, with its vanilla, citrus, honeysuckle, stone and orange peel. Lush and luscious, a difficult combination to harness, this was a beauty.
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Pale gold in color. Ultra rich and lush bouquet of muddled pear, caju, under ripe papaya, 'unsweet' persimmon, herbs, wax, white pepper, and minerals. Bold and juicy. The wine delivers a waxy, lanolin-like mouthfeel and textural weight. It achieves unique balance in its massiveness, including alcohol, and finishes very long. Tasted alongside a 2014 Sine Qua Non Lightmotif, which made for an interesting experience. 93-94.
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40th bday celebration; 2/17/2017-2/18/2017 (Harrison, ID): Always so rich and luscious with plenty of tropical fruits, honey, honeycomb, spices, flowers on a honeyed palate with a touch of heat but balanced. Love these wines young and with age.
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A beauty. Full bodied and rich. Waves of ripe lush fruits, with some mineral and crushed nuts in the very long finish. These drink so well on the young side.
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Monthly Tasting Group: Northern Rhone (Tilia, Mpls): Pale gold color. Thrilled to get a pour of this. Really great. Wonderful complex nose, fresh, slightly tropical fruits, lemon, citrus, dried herbs. The palate is riveting, lively and so bright, restrained tropical fruits and tangerine, apricot, wet stone minerality, very crisp and very long. Wow. Thanks Jason and Tracy. 94+ to 95pts.
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Enjoyed @ Alinea's "in residence" dinner in Miami.
Stunningly paired with a deconstructed "bouillabaisse" painted and plated to match a 1973 Miró.
Pale straw color, nose is beautifully redolent with honeysuckle, wet stone, apricot, and pear; palate continues the honey and flowers with lovely bright acidity, soft rounded mouth feel. gorgeous - we are huge Beaucastel red fans and visited CdP last summer, but this is our first time tasting the white VV.
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Loud bouquet, typical of the variety and place. Banana cream, gooseberry, white currant, caju fruit, and sugar cane distilled spirits...yes...it is hot! The acid will allow the wine to age for a long time, likely becoming Rioja like. The wine achieves a kind of balance akin to many noises at equally loud pitch. A serious wine, though not in my wheelhouse. 93-94.
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Blind. Pale straw. Fresh nose, quite mineral with a slightly oatmealy character developing that screams Beau VV. Fine and continues to show well through the evening. Nothing too heavy here. ****
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Dinner with the Perrin family, very gracious and generous hosts in CdP. First wine of the evening, one of my favorite white Rhones, this is a really special wine and a great experience to drink with the vintner.
Nose is white flowers, honey, apples. Palate is rich and rounded: green apple, pears, honeysuckle, baking spice. Great minerality throughout, layered and elegant finish.
These wines best drink young (first 5 years) or given time post 10 years (guess). Keep these only slightly chilled, or let warm up in the glass to fully appreciate.
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My WOTN which is saying something since we also drank an '04 Veuve Cliquot LGD Rose and a 2000 Colgin Tychson Hill. Good learning - while I like a bit of chill in my whites, this wine needs to be closer to room temperature to fully appreciate it. It's honeysuckle in a bottle, full mouthful, not actually sweet but has all of the floral and softness that almost tricks the mind to believe it's there. The wine is constantly evolving even in the after-taste. It is wonderful.
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[L&W Rhone tasting] Balanced, nuanced. Much rounder than the standard 2013 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc. Probably needed a bit more air to open up fully, but certainly 95-96. It was worth attending a second Rhone tasting this winter just to try this one.... great stuff.
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En primeur tasting. Expressive nose with real depth. Ripe, floral, slightly honeyed fruit, creamy. On the palate very intense and concentrated: Lots of minerality and quite spicy, this is incredible vibrant, well balanced and powerful. The finish is just gorgeous, the persistence quite remarkable. Stunning. 96-97+
3/18/2023 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 95 Points
consistent with notes of 9/26/2020. PNP, this is ready to go and should be consumed in the next few years as this is at peak.
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3/5/2023 - thkim Likes this wine: 94 Points
잔에 따르자마자 다양한 향 폭발함 부르고뉴 샤도네이와는 다른 뉘앙스로 열대과실 느낌이 좀 있음. 피니쉬 길고 약간 bitter한 느낌이 론 화이트의 특징을 보여줌 넘 맛있어서 빨리 마신 바람에 충분한 시간동안 음미해보지 못한게 아쉬울 따름. 부르고뉴 유명생산자의 프리미에 크뤼에 필적한다고 보임
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2/8/2023 - Zweder wrote: 96 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS; Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (By VD and @ VD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with creamy butter and ripe yellow fruits. On the palate ripe yellow fruits as well, nectarines, honey, beautiful acidity, some pleasant bitterness, full bodied and complex. Overall a beautiful wine with some development, but with still a long future as well. A treat!
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1/29/2023 - ONEFIVE Likes this wine:
Peach, honey, beeswax, baked apples, and some baking spices on the nose.
On the palate this is full body with med- acidity and low tannin. Unctuous and full its quite delicious but lacking a bit of lift for my palate. Bring on the triple cream Brie.
Drink now and over he next 5+ years.
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7/10/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points
Rhône Tasting-cum-Lunch (Restaurant Rijsel, Amsterdam, NL): Made from centenarian Roussanne vines, harvested at a slight surmaturité, aged for eight months in oak (30%) and cuve (70%), 14.5% ABV. Rich and oily but fresh and floral, fleshy and sweet, concentrated and expressive, marvellous minerality, pure and precise, seamless and silky, great resonance and length. Long life.
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4/11/2022 - ElGreco Likes this wine: 93 Points
Honeyed stone fruits, seashore, and orange blossom. These come though on the nose and the palate. This one finishes with a metallic stone tinge as well. Very long. The acid is moderate and the mouthfeel is very unctuous. As much as I enjoy this, it does seem a tad cloying. The nose and deliciousness make it hard for me to not love it though.
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4/5/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Kicking off with an orange, floral, citrus and spicy peach nose, the wine is balanced between its sweetness and fleshy, fresh side, leaving you with slightly honeyed yellow fruits in the finish.
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9/3/2021 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Was not as good as I had remembered it being, but this may be due to the colder temperature at which it was served. Certainly opened up filling 15 minutes in the glass and warming to room temperature. Clearly a well made wine and rare treat owing to 100+ year-old vines.
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12/31/2020 - LT98 wrote: 96 Points
A gorgeous, truly unctuous wine. Waxy, glycerine notes at first, then honeysuckle, pineapple and tropical fruits emerge. Fresh and just - well - gorgeous! This is first time I have drunk these wines young, and I am now a convert.
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12/19/2020 - OenoEd Likes this wine: 95 Points
Well held bottle at peak drinking. Decant 20 minutes. Complex compelling bouquet: yellow and orange melons, golden berries, white pepper, baked banana tart, fresh manzanilla, birch wood smoke. My nose would rent a spot in this glass for a week. Very creamy, lush, plenty of acidity, and a long creamsicle finish. Lots of orange cream, honeysuckle, lime zest, vanilla meringue over butterscotch, and a deep eggy custard richness. Perfect w a corn, jalapeño, bacon , crabmeat and cheddar quiche. This will drink beautifully for 5 years, I think, but really is at peak now. Superb.
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11/22/2020 - Mbad77 wrote: 92 Points
Very good but consistent. Not one I’d hold for much longer ideally as it may turn down that dark path.
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10/18/2020 - winemaker Likes this wine: 95 Points
Same as last note. Outstanding.
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9/26/2020 - danielbleier Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fantastic, with ginger, orange, and peach notes, this had a lovely creamy texture...drinking very well right now.
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6/27/2020 - fontaine wrote: 93 Points
Encore une fois Beaucastel vieilles vignes me séduit. Même si le nez et ses arômes de miel et de poire confite sont délicieux, c’est sa puissance, son gras, sa texture qui m’attire le plus.
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6/25/2020 - unrelenting wrote: 93 Points
Fairly muted palate. Not as precise or structured as I hoped but perhaps this needs more time. Will try again in 2022.
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4/25/2020 - flah00 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Had it with homemade French onion soup, worked nicely
Acacia, Hawthorne, honey and hints of almond. Creamy medium to full mouth feel and a mouth clearing acidic finish. Amazing
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12/26/2019 - Mbad77 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very rich and as it warms maybe a touch fat and not quite as good as the 12 I had recently. Very creamy style and would probably chill a few degrees less than normal for a Roussane. Still silky butter like the 12 and heading that way.
holding good fruit and depth.
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9/28/2019 - NickA Likes this wine: 89 Points
40th birthday wines (Pied a Terre): Think I might have caught this at an in-between stage. Nose was rather muted. Some lovely floral notes on the palate, but also so rich (and without compensating minerality) that it came across as off-dry. Decent match with a slightly unusual pumpkin and foie gras dish though.
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8/11/2019 - Niagara wrote: 94 Points
Just so delicious with Indian food.
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8/10/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Smokin Meat and Serious Syrah 2.0 (Westport, CT): This is another classic favorite for me. Can tell there's more age. There's a lot more vanilla and just the hint of that caramel side of things. Rounder mouthful. Acidity and the brighter white fruits that exist when younger are less pronounced. Very bright and compelling though.
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5/26/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
This is just outright delicious for all the reasons I love this wine across vintages. Rich and luscious mouthfeel, beautiful perfumed nose and that lemon custardy mid palate with a mineral finish. Golden yellow and very lovely!
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4/20/2019 - sebastienjm wrote: 94 Points
Bu à l'aveugle... que c'est beau! exubérant, complexe, gras enveloppant, bois intégré, longueur...
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12/17/2018 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
Weekly tasting group RWP #314; Mysterious theme: What could be Christmas wines….. (@ VD): Beautiful and complex bouquet with minerals, melon and caramel. On the palate white and yellow fruits, honey and a great length. This is the most elegant wine of the flight. Really beautiful.
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10/29/2018 - winemaker Likes this wine: 96 Points
Gorgeous wine! The Grand Cru white from Chateauneuf! Such a well made wine. Big fruit flavor, honeycomb, citrus, vibrant with a long finish.
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5/28/2018 - bajayngo wrote:
Progressing nicely from the bottle I had about 1.5yrs ago. Still lots of honey and honeycomb, allspice, some tropical fruits with some pears and pear juicy. Big and viscous but alc has was more in check this bottling.
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2/24/2018 - cnichelson Likes this wine: 95 Points
Rich buttery and mouth filling. Agree that it gets better when you let it rest a little warmer than ice chilled. Probably cellar temp or 60 is fine. Honeey, vanilla, orange peel. Delicious. Was great by itself but wanted to try w foie gras and pears but no dice....everyone plowed through it too fast. So sauternes instead (first world problems.)
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2/24/2018 - flah00 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Massive flavor, long finish. Tastes better around 70F than 50F. Popped and poured half of the bottle and let the other half decant. I think pop and pour is the way to go. More of the fruit and honeysuckle shine through.
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8/1/2017 - oldwines Likes this wine: 94 Points
Served with the cheese course but unfortunately still very young and primary as well as a bit too cold, hiding much of the potential complexity that I think will be more visible in the future. Nice medium golden color, this 100% old vine (from 1909) Roussanne did show some vanilla, white peach, minerals and honeysuckle after it warmed up a little. I rated this on its potential not on what it showed in my relatively small, cold taste tonight.
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6/10/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Intense, yet with a finesse to its power, this was really strong on the nose, with its vanilla, citrus, honeysuckle, stone and orange peel. Lush and luscious, a difficult combination to harness, this was a beauty.
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2/21/2017 - King Julien wrote: 95 Points
Drank at California Grill Orlando
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2/21/2017 - Motz wrote: 94 Points
Pale gold in color. Ultra rich and lush bouquet of muddled pear, caju, under ripe papaya, 'unsweet' persimmon, herbs, wax, white pepper, and minerals. Bold and juicy. The wine delivers a waxy, lanolin-like mouthfeel and textural weight. It achieves unique balance in its massiveness, including alcohol, and finishes very long. Tasted alongside a 2014 Sine Qua Non Lightmotif, which made for an interesting experience. 93-94.
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2/17/2017 - bajayngo wrote:
40th bday celebration; 2/17/2017-2/18/2017 (Harrison, ID): Always so rich and luscious with plenty of tropical fruits, honey, honeycomb, spices, flowers on a honeyed palate with a touch of heat but balanced. Love these wines young and with age.
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1/5/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote: 94 Points
Souper du retour des fêtes (Restaurant Prince (avec Vincent, Martin, Olivier et Franz)): Nez superbe de pêche, de poire, que je plaçais en Côte de Beaune. La bouche est grasse, voluptueuse, avec une belle profondeur. Magnifique. 94+ pts
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12/24/2016 - SonnyChiba wrote: 94 Points
A beauty. Full bodied and rich. Waves of ripe lush fruits, with some mineral and crushed nuts in the very long finish. These drink so well on the young side.
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10/9/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
Monthly Tasting Group: Northern Rhone (Tilia, Mpls): Pale gold color. Thrilled to get a pour of this. Really great. Wonderful complex nose, fresh, slightly tropical fruits, lemon, citrus, dried herbs. The palate is riveting, lively and so bright, restrained tropical fruits and tangerine, apricot, wet stone minerality, very crisp and very long. Wow. Thanks Jason and Tracy. 94+ to 95pts.
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6/25/2016 - Knicksfan wrote: 95 Points
I love this. SO fresh and delicious;
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2/28/2016 - Jeffkunins wrote: 95 Points
Enjoyed @ Alinea's "in residence" dinner in Miami.
Stunningly paired with a deconstructed "bouillabaisse" painted and plated to match a 1973 Miró.
Pale straw color, nose is beautifully redolent with honeysuckle, wet stone, apricot, and pear; palate continues the honey and flowers with lovely bright acidity, soft rounded mouth feel. gorgeous - we are huge Beaucastel red fans and visited CdP last summer, but this is our first time tasting the white VV.
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2/4/2016 - Motz wrote: 93 Points
Loud bouquet, typical of the variety and place. Banana cream, gooseberry, white currant, caju fruit, and sugar cane distilled spirits...yes...it is hot! The acid will allow the wine to age for a long time, likely becoming Rioja like. The wine achieves a kind of balance akin to many noises at equally loud pitch. A serious wine, though not in my wheelhouse. 93-94.
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1/30/2016 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Blind. Pale straw. Fresh nose, quite mineral with a slightly oatmealy character developing that screams Beau VV. Fine and continues to show well through the evening. Nothing too heavy here. ****
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9/21/2015 - walkerjfw wrote: 95 Points
Dinner with the Perrin family, very gracious and generous hosts in CdP. First wine of the evening, one of my favorite white Rhones, this is a really special wine and a great experience to drink with the vintner.
Nose is white flowers, honey, apples. Palate is rich and rounded: green apple, pears, honeysuckle, baking spice. Great minerality throughout, layered and elegant finish.
These wines best drink young (first 5 years) or given time post 10 years (guess). Keep these only slightly chilled, or let warm up in the glass to fully appreciate.
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9/7/2015 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
My WOTN which is saying something since we also drank an '04 Veuve Cliquot LGD Rose and a 2000 Colgin Tychson Hill. Good learning - while I like a bit of chill in my whites, this wine needs to be closer to room temperature to fully appreciate it. It's honeysuckle in a bottle, full mouthful, not actually sweet but has all of the floral and softness that almost tricks the mind to believe it's there. The wine is constantly evolving even in the after-taste. It is wonderful.
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9/5/2015 - Knicksfan wrote: 95 Points
My first time with this wine and I was blown away; I'm bad with the forensics - it just tasted great
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2/25/2015 - Herschel Krustofski Likes this wine: 96 Points
[L&W Rhone tasting] Balanced, nuanced. Much rounder than the standard 2013 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc.
Probably needed a bit more air to open up fully, but certainly 95-96.
It was worth attending a second Rhone tasting this winter just to try this one.... great stuff.
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2/25/2015 - rossi.wine wrote: 97 Points
En primeur tasting. Expressive nose with real depth. Ripe, floral, slightly honeyed fruit, creamy. On the palate very intense and concentrated: Lots of minerality and quite spicy, this is incredible vibrant, well balanced and powerful. The finish is just gorgeous, the persistence quite remarkable. Stunning. 96-97+
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