I'm having one of my few white wine days. Opened a 2006 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf des Pape Blanc (that's a mouthful). This is my first white CDP, so not really sure what to expect. It was golden in color. Medium-plus alcohol. You still get tastes of green apple and peach but flattens out quickly. Feels like it may be past its prime, but still a good wine.
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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.
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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
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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...
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5/16/2024 - cliffordang wrote: 90 Points
I'm having one of my few white wine days. Opened a 2006 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf des Pape Blanc (that's a mouthful). This is my first white CDP, so not really sure what to expect. It was golden in color. Medium-plus alcohol. You still get tastes of green apple and peach but flattens out quickly. Feels like it may be past its prime, but still a good wine.
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3/3/2023 - rwpalmer wrote: 92 Points
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.
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2/4/2023 - honest bob wrote: 92 Points
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
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12/27/2022 - honest bob wrote: flawed
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...
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8/30/2020 - RusisWine wrote: 90 Points
Floral nose with a hint of dried fruit. Novelty wine everyone enjoyed trying.
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