Domaine de la Janasse
Prestige Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Definitely not your average wine, but I think you have to understand typicity to get it.
70% Roussanne, 15% Grenache Blanc, 15% Clairette, the latter two 60+ year old vines
The very rare Janasse "Prestige" Blanc, only made in the best vintages such as we have here with the 2007.
Lisa guessed LdH at first. It's no wonder most critics say drink 2-3 years as that's about the size of the window before this starts to set it.
Deep gold in color, the nose is deeply penetrating, rich but fresh, with a line of salt and toasted almonds and apple skin (oxidative).
Complex on the palate, not as viscous as I was expecting, but deeply flavored and layered, not fully there, but starting to oxidize as some older CdP blanc can tend to. Temperature is important, as it warmed up more flavors and aromas came to the fore.
#janasse
Definitely not your average wine, but I think you have to understand typicity to get it.
70% Roussanne, 15% Grenache Blanc, 15% Clairette, the latter two 60+ year old vines
The very rare Janasse "Prestige" Blanc, only made in the best vintages such as we have here with the 2007.
Lisa guessed LdH at first. It's no wonder most critics say drink 2-3 years as that's about the size of the window before this starts to set it.
Deep gold in color, the nose is deeply penetrating, rich but fresh, with a line of salt and toasted almonds and apple skin (oxidative).
Complex on the palate, not as viscous as I was expecting, but deeply flavored and layered, not fully there, but starting to oxidize as some older CdP blanc can tend to. Temperature is important, as it warmed up more flavors and aromas came to the fore.
#janasse