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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2028 (based on 30 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 1/4/2024 & rated 90 points: Clos Saint Michel's 2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc is a limpid, medium golden blend of 30% Clairette, 30% Grenache Blanc, 20% Bourboulenc and 20% Roussanne. Offering an intense aromatic array of baked apples, orange blossoms, yellow peaches, honey and paprika, it is a medium-bodied white with low-to-medium acidity and comparable flavors that include a modicum of oak-influenced vanilla. Dense on the mid-palate and medium-to-long on the finish, this is a very enjoyable white Rhone that would be even better with a bit more acid. Parenthetically, this was tasted over a three-hour period after wrestling with a recently-purchased bottle that had a difficult, dry, crumbly cork. The cork was ultimately pushed into the bottle and the wine was decanted through a fine screen. In the grand scheme of things, this extra degree of aeration may have been helpful. Drink now-2028. (249 views) | | | Tasted by p.schw. on 7/7/2023 & rated 90 points: Complex fruit, full-bodied, sufficient acidity, good length - subtle and complex - it can be drunk either now or again after a couple of years of cellar maturity. I think it’ll get better and rounder after a some years in the cellar. (182 views) | | | Tasted by Gentry856 on 6/18/2023 & rated 89 points: Lots of funky, wet cellar notes on the nose give way to a nice blend of fruit, floral notes and some earthy complexity. Low acidity, did not pair well with grilled chicken but I could imagine it going very well with sharper cheeses or a charcuterie board. (154 views) |
| Clos Saint Michel Producer website - Read more about Clos Saint MichelWhite Rhone BlendA white wine containing two or more Rhône varieties, including: Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Bourboulenc. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
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