chateauneuf du pape blanc clos des papes

Paul Avril

Châteauneuf du Pape, Blanc, Clos des Papes, 2022

Name: Châteauneuf du Pape, Blanc, Clos des Papes
Brand: Paul Avril
Price: 383.92 GBP

94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

94/100

Vinous

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all 2010 2019 2022

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2022
6x75cl
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£383.92

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A richer styled, succulent blend of stone fruits, lemon cream, lime leaf and wild flowers. Beautifully textured with a soothing trace of honey and pep of stone and salt on the finish. A blend comprising 20% each of Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Clairette, Roussanne and Picpoul. As ever the blend is fermented and aged in steel tank sur lie before bottling in late spring after the vintage.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Nicolas Greinacher,

Vinous

Expressing more ripeness than the preceding vintage, the 2022 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc is a hedonistic treat. Full-bodied and supple, it evokes precise lemon peel, spring flowers, acacia, grapefruit and white peach as well as tropical nuances. Viscously textured, round and layered, the 2022 is game-on.

drinking window 2024 - 2039

date of review 06/2024

94/100

Joe Czerwinski,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Produced from roughly equal proportions of six varieties, co-fermented in stages, as each one is deemed ripe and picked, the 2022 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc is atypically plush and ripe (it's close to 15% alcohol), marked by pineapple, white peach and tangerine notes. It's full-bodied and round, deceptively easy to drink yet concentrated and long on the finish. I suspect it may age longer than my projected range, but there's no compelling reason to wait on this vintage.

drinking window 2023 - 2027

date of review 09/2023

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Grenache Blanc/Roussanne

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15%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.