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• cweiner Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 20, 2024 - Last of the lot and still beautiful. Lovely complex - everything I could ask for. No sign of fading.

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• chanukha Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 25, 2022 - I don't think I liked the last bottle 5 years ago but this one hit the mark. Gorgeous oxidized old white wine taste. Better than CA chardonnays of similar vintage. I wish I could remember what it tasted like more to put in a description but it was the most popular wine of the evening.

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• Laz4wine wrote:

  December 3, 2021 - Deferring to SFWL's note, struggled through mutliple sips to describe or define this, interesting learning but not necessarily a fan of the oxidative-toast funky style of this, esp. with a high crisp note of odd white acidic fruit. Maybe with a special pairing it works, need to learn more w/next btl.

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• sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 3, 2021 - Just another evening of good wine and cheer (Chilly Noe Valley): Brought by Laz4wine to our tasting. Coravin pour. On the nose and palate, beeswax, honey, freshly cut hay, sweet peaches and nectarines, pineapples and guava, white flowers and marzipan, given some cut and backbone by notes of cumquats and orange rind. Slightly cloudy medium gold, medium to full-bodied, medium thick legs. Light to medium underlying acidity, no heat. Very complex with good persistence and intensity. When Laz cracked this, I initially thought it was the ‘10 rouge, which, as both a lover of this bottling and an admirer of that vintage generally who hadn’t had this bottling from that year, brought great excitement, but the blanc was a good second choice, as I’d not had this bottling from any vintage. Like many white Rhône’s, IMO, this flirts with going completely over the top on sweetness, and has an oxidative tinge to boot, but there’s just enough structure, and a lack of oak and vanilla, to keep it from becoming a flaccid mess, as many CA white Rhône’s are. Really expressive, and the longest white I remember this side of the Auberts, we drank this with charcuterie, and it was a good match, but I do wonder about it as a more standard food accompaniment, as the qualities that make it so distinct would seem to overwhelm all but the most assertive dishes (so perhaps with Thai, Indian or something similar?). Anyway, I couldn’t drink this with regularity, but it sure was enjoyable last night. The freshness does feel slightly precarious, so I’d drink now, but I’ve read that these wines can excel for 20-30 years, so maybe it holds on here for some time?

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• CWang wrote: 94 points

  August 30, 2020 - Much more approachable, elegant, and enjoyable in the nose and on the palate than the bottle tasted in 2012, yet the acidity and structure suggested some more years to go before full maturity; overall, 93-94 points at this stage; paired very well with food at Molino de Urdániz restaurant in Taipei.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• 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
• UPC Code 4000126910135

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• Pending Delivery 21 (4%)
• In Cellars 247 (52%)
• Consumed 205 (43%)

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