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2006 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc

White Rhone Blend

  • France
  • Rhône
  • Southern Rhône
  • Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 63

  • rwpalmer wrote: 92 points

    March 3, 2023 - Last and possibly best bottle of the 6 consumed over many years. The old adage about white CNdP have two drinking windows appears to hold here. The oxidation only a pleasant background note, with lovely herbal and fruity flavours to the fore--orange and fennel springing to mind. Good weight without any hollowing from age. Alcohol not showing either. A great food wine.

  • honest bob wrote: 92 points

    February 4, 2023 - From 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour (which it badly needed for the hefty "barnyard" [=sheey-itt] funk to blow off). Thereafter: Honey/mead-like scent, later honeysuckle, finally jasmine. Big-bodied, unctuous textured entry with white and stone fruit character and a fine acidic structure. Gently resonant, vibrating finish. After the oxidised disaster of my previous bottle (TN 27.12.2022) what a relief this one survived. Note to fellow wine-lovers: this is very sensitive to temperature. Between about 8C and 14C there is a range of gorgeous nuances to enjoy. Don't serve it straight out of the fridge! Note to producer: other, more reliable, closures are available, which would allow your customers to enjoy your expensive products unspoiled and consistently at maturity... 91-92P

  • honest bob wrote: flawed

    December 27, 2022 - From 75cl, cork grey and spongey 1cm back from wine end. Plausible light straw colour, but the strongly premox/oxidised smell combined unflatteringly with volatile over-ripe melon-rind aromas. This is such a gutsy, highly alcoholic (15% declared) and concentrated wine that it's (just) possible to drink it in this condition, for an 83–84P kind of experience, but pleasure is something else, at least at this price point. Hope my remaining bottle is in better shape...

  • RusisWine wrote: 90 points

    August 30, 2020 - Floral nose with a hint of dried fruit. Novelty wine everyone enjoyed trying.

  • rwpalmer wrote:

    June 27, 2020 - The alcohol in this bottle was completely dominating. Maybe there was a time in the past when there was better balance, but the fruit has mostly faded and with quite a bit of oxidation it needs to be accompanied with strong food to be at all digestible.

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  • By Matt Walls
    Rhone from the cellar, 10/15/2017 (link)

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  • By Richard Hemming, MW
    10/10/2017 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    2/18/2008 (link)

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  • By Josh Raynolds
    January 2008 (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2006
  • Type White
  • Producer Clos des Papes
  • Varietal White Rhone Blend
  • Designation Blanc
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Rhône
  • SubRegion Southern Rhône
  • Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 10 (1%)
  • In Cellars 413 (45%)
  • Consumed 489 (54%)

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