Clairette
Domaine de la Janasse
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc White Rhone Blend 2024
Pale lemon in color.
Nose with citrus, herbs and spices.
Dry on the palate with mild complexity.
Showing apples, lemons, spices and herbs.
Medium finish with limes and almonds.
Still young and needs a couple of years to mature properly. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years.
Easy drinking and a good food wine.
A blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Clairette and 20% Roussanne.
14% alcohol by volume.
89 points.
$50. — a month ago
Domaine du Pegau
Cuvée a Tempo Châteauneuf-du-Pape White Rhone Blend 2022
Unusual. Delicious. Excellent minerality, nice heft and mouthfeel. There is a fruit coming through that I can’t quite identify. And some baking spices, but not oak or vanilla. It’s very nice and moves from a floral aspect through a pithy citrus and into a nice tail. — 3 months ago
Château de Beaucastel
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc White Rhone Blend 2020
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. — a month ago
Château de Montfaucon
Comtesse Madeleine de Montfaucon Côtes du Rhône Clairette 2016
Honeyed, rich, viscous, very good balancing acidity, round and very long, lingering finish, I think fully mature (or very close), this is a brilliant 120+-year -old Lirac blanc from 100% Clairette!! (@Tom Casagrande, this is the other Lirac blanc, same producer as the other, back label has all information.) — 3 months ago
Domaine du Gros' Noré
Bandol Blanc Ugni Blanc Clairette 2023
Quite pale lemon , straw colour . On the nose this shows good freshness with some white peach , lemon pith , white flowers and light seabreeze notes . On the palate this has a creamy texture with white peach , lemon notes , with a saline seaside tinge . Good freshness and decent length . I can imagine this going really well with bouillabaisse. Drinking well and probably continue to so over the next 3-4 years — a month ago
Château de Pibarnon (Comte de Saint Victor)
Bandol Bourboulenc Blend 2008
Really neat how this has developed. Slightly oxidative but retains a surprising freshness — a month ago
Domaine les Pallières
Terrasse du Diable Gigondas Red Rhône Blend 2008
Pretty delicious cherry soaked beef jerky. — 2 months ago
Vignobles Brunier ( Frédéric & Daniel Brunier )
Clos La Roquète Châteauneuf-du-Pape White Rhône Blend 2021
Light and crisp — 3 months ago
"Odedi"
Pale lemon in color.
Strong nose and medium plus in body with medium plus acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and a soft mouthfeel.
Showing limes, grapefruits, gooseberries, earth and spices.
Long finish with limes and almonds.
This is a delicious Bandol white. Rich, tangy and fruit forward. Has a New world Sauvignon Blanc feel.
Expressive and spicy. Complex and nicely balanced. Really enjoyed the nose here.
Would be nice to revisit it in 3 years and see how it evolves.
A great sipping wine that will pair nicely with food too.
A blend of 60% Clairette, 30% Ugni Blanc with 10% Vermentino and Bourboulenc. Grapes are handpicked, and aged for 10 months in used oak barrels.
12.5% alcohol by volume .
92 points.
$50. — 12 days ago