2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes
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Papies wrote:
94 Points
Saturday, July 30, 2016 - Back to on form bottles after 1-2 so so bottles.
Decanted and served, and as we so many times have done with relatively heavy cheeses (not blue) and we def believe this is one of the bets combinations.
We would like to reiterate that when this wine has the freshness in it, the brightness is a mesmerising bottle. And here it was the case , 10yrs young, fresh ,bright, citrus, light waxy feel, good fruit core. Lovely depth and complexity , very mineral with the lightest touch of honey. Drink NOW! 94-95
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Comment posted by Lazlo Toth:
3/2/2017 5:31:00 PM - Have you ever tried one that was older than 10 years? For what it is worth, I read an article interviewing the Beaucastel winemaker who recommended that you drink them before 5 years or after 10 years. I have had them (and loved them) before 5 and I am cellaring several in the hopes that the added complexity that comes with 10 years is worth it.
Comment posted by Papies:
3/3/2017 8:56:00 AM - Ok so we are hoping this is not their marketing trick. We went to a tasting with Marc Perrin a few years ago link below : https://www.cellartracker.com/classic/event.asp?iEvent=13258
The Note from Marc Perrin we noted was :" - As with all roussanne wines the must either be drunk early less than 5 yrs or post 10-12. Roussane goes into a closed period in between which is dark in colour, bitter and undrinkable. The colour is the indication here. If dark brownish as the name Roussanne means then its not to be had. This applies for Hermitage Blanc in oue experience too and have heard similar comment from Chapoutier .
Now we have since then had more bad oldies from chapoutier but have not drunk any really old Roussannes so not sure. That been said we sold our 1999 Roussanne VV rather than risk it. We hope uhave better luck.
Comment posted by Lazlo Toth:
3/3/2017 6:48:00 PM - The note about the brown color is new information for me and is great to have -- Thank you! I have a 2007 that I will be trying later this year and I will let you know what I think. All the best,
Comment posted by Papies:
3/7/2017 9:50:00 AM - pls let us know!
Best
A&N
Comment posted by JulianSkeels:
10/27/2022 9:20:00 AM - Drinking one now. No hurry at all! This is a perfect bottle and glasses need 20mins to open. Very sexy. Having a 98,99,00 being delivered next week. Yum indeed!