2018 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.8 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Sun_Ship's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/6/2023 - Sun_Ship wrote: 94 Points

  Lustrous gold in colour - this leads with a fascinating nose of honeyed fruit and aniseed, with waxy ripe peaches and pears, dried fruit and marzipan, touches of fresh brioche, pineapple and a lick of melon. Lovely full weight in the mouth, but fleet-footed and poised, with aniseed subtly underpinning the rich but not overdone fruit. The superbly long finish is powdery and smooth with a herbal twist. Top stuff.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Yagil's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/21/2022 - Yagil wrote: 93 Points

  Chateauneuf du pape tasting (at my home): pale gold
  pronounced aromas intensity of dry tropical fruits, brioche, bitter apricot, white melon, dough
  developing
  dry, high acidity, high abv, med+ body, long finish, very good complexity, med flavors intensity consistent with the nose,
  drink now

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jeff Leve's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/4/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

  The wine opens with a blast of white peaches, white nectarines, almonds, apricots, honeysuckle, and pineapple. Luscious, fresh, long, and loaded with supple textured topical accented fruits, you can enjoy this now for all of its primary fruits and sweetness, or age it a bit more and allow the minerality to take a more active role. Drink from 2022-2032.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View m4rk's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/23/2021 - m4rk Likes this wine:

  Heady nose of honey and fresh tropical notes, with something a bit imposing. Rich, concentrated, almost sweet, the flavours seem to intensify with time in the mouth, good fresh citrus acidity, spicy. This is wonderful; better drunk at room temp - warmer reveals more richness, cooler some more freshness. Improves after a day or two.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Jeff Leve's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/19/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points

  Made from close to equal percentages of all 6 allowable, white wine grape varietals, the wine leads off with aromatics of roasted nuts, orange, peach, flowers and spice. Luscious, opulent and richly textured, the wine is sweet, fresh and fruity. The wine was produced from yields of only 10 hectoliters per hectare.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.