2016 Chateau de Beaucastel • Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
Reviewed by Joe Czerwinski
Issue Date 1st Nov 2017
Source 233, The Wine Advocate
Rating 94p
Release Price NA
Drink Date 2017 - 2022
The family is a great believer in Roussanne as the white grape of the Southern Rhône, and the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc includes 80% of that variety. Waves of honeyed pineapple and tangerine sorbet flood the senses. This is really lush, yet it's underscored by a briny sense of freshness that prolongs and lingers on the finish. It may be drunk young or aged several years.