1999 Beaucastel BlancIn their words: Beaucastel Blanc is produced from 80% Roussanne grapes, the balance from Grenache Blanc, Picardan, Bourboulenc and Clairette, which are organically grown at the domain. 80% of the wine is fermented in stainless steel, the other 20% in 225 liter oak casks. Its rich bouquet of pear hazelnuts and tropical fruits and its ripe, full body promise a rare white Chateauneuf-du-Pape of great longevity.
In her words:
On the Nose there is canned pears in syrup, mixed apples, autumn leaves, and yellow wax beans/fresh peas, and a carrot note.
On the Palate are terrific mixed apple notes, garden greens, a faint nuttiness, ash, and fresh peeled carrots along with a yellow wax bean note.
On the Nose there is canned pears in syrup, mixed apples, autumn leaves, and yellow wax beans/fresh peas, and a carrot note.
On the Palate are terrific mixed apple notes, garden greens, a faint nuttiness, ash, and fresh peeled carrots along with a yellow wax bean note.
In his words:
On the Nose harvest apples, pears in heavy syrup, fresh hay, autumn earth/leaves, fresh picked wax beans/edamame
On the Nose harvest apples, pears in heavy syrup, fresh hay, autumn earth/leaves, fresh picked wax beans/edamame
On the Palate apple crispness, fresh picked wax beans/edamame, autumn leaves, and a long finish.
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I enjoyed the hell out of this wine. It came right out of the autumn: apples, hay, fallen leaves, that certain something in the air in late October when the air is really crisp for the first time... I would gladly drink this with any poultry dish, especially Cornish hen.
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