Clairette
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. — 2 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. — 3 days ago
Vignobles Brunier ( Frédéric & Daniel Brunier )
Clos La Roquète Châteauneuf-du-Pape White Rhône Blend 2021
Light and crisp — 2 months ago
Rotem & Mounir Saouma
Inopia Blanc Côte du Rhône Villages Grenache Blanc Blend 2021
Outstanding. - at LSL restaurant — 2 months ago
Mas Costefère
Le Temps Fait Tout Clairette Blanche
Interesting — 4 months ago
Domaine les Pallières
Terrasse du Diable Gigondas Red Rhône Blend 2008
Pretty delicious cherry soaked beef jerky. — 21 days 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.) — 2 months ago
"Odedi"
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. — 9 days ago