Domaine de la Solitude Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2020

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Vintage
2020

Size
750ML

ABV
14%

Features
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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Complex nose of tropical fruit and brioche. Mouth combining vivacity and smoothness with notes of citrus, tropical fruit and flowers with a very mineral finish.

Ideal pairings for this wine include truffle brouillade, grilled fish with sauce, fish tagine, oysters au gratin, lobster, capon with cream and vin jaune, carpaccio of marinated fish.

Professional Ratings

  • 93

    Bright and juicy, featuring a core of peach, yellow plum and verbena notes backed by a fresh and racy feel, with light quinine, shortbread and acacia accents filling in through the finish. There's a late echo of wet stone too. Delicious. Drink now.

  • 92

    Full yet subtle nose of pineapple and melon peel with beeswax and dried-herb aromas. Quite some tannins, but they really help to support the rich and full-bodied, bone-dry palate. Long, supple finish that’s surprisingly delicate. A cuvée of 35% clairette, 25% roussanne, 25% grenache blanc and 15% bourboulenc.

  • 91

    A great classic cuvée that leads with its fruit while staying fresh and lively, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc offers lots of tart pineapple and melon fruits, notes of dried herbs and spice, medium-bodied richness, and a pure, elegant character that makes it a joy to drink. It should keep for 4-5 years, if not longer, yet I see no need to delay gratification.

  • 90

    Fermented and aged in a mix of tanks and new barrels, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc is a blend of 35% Clairette, 25% each Grenache Blanc and Roussanne and 15% Bourboulenc. Hints of pencil shavings accent white peach and pear on the nose, while the palate is medium to full-bodied, fleshy, generous and round, then citrusy and fresh on the finish. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes. Best after 2022

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Domaine de la Solitude

Domaine de la Solitude

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Domaine de la Solitude, France
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In the 1980s, brothers Michel and Jean Lançon took the future of Domaine de la Solitude in their hands, focusing attention on the vineyards. Fertilizers have not been used at Solitude for the past ten years. Over the past several years, Michel’s son Florent Lançon has been taking over the day-to-day operations of Domaine de la Solitude, continuing to make improvements while preserving the traditions of his father and uncle. The Estate is a contiguous 100 acres, planted to 86 acres of red grapes and 14.8 acres of white grapes, with vines averaging 50 years of age.

Driven by the desire to produce the best possible wines while still respecting the traditions of Chateauneuf-du-Pape and their lineage, in 1999, Michel and Jean decided to introduce four prestige cuvées and added Cuvée Barberini Rouge, Cuvée Barberini Blanc, Réserve Secrète, and Cornelia Constanza to the winery’s production.

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Full-bodied and flavorful, white Rhône blends originate from France’s Rhône Valley. Today these blends are also becoming popular in other regions. Typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier form the basis of a white Rhône blend with varying degrees of flexibility depending on the exact appellation. Somm Secret—In the Northern Rhône, blends of Marsanne and Roussanne are common but the south retains more variety. Marsanne, Roussanne as well as Bourboulenc, Clairette, Picpoul and Ugni Blanc are typical.

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Famous for its full-bodied, seductive and spicy reds with flavor and aroma characteristics reminiscent of black cherry, baked raspberry, garrigue, olive tapenade, lavender and baking spice, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the leading sub-appellation of the southern Rhône River Valley. Large pebbles resembling river rocks, called "galets" in French, dominate most of the terrain. The stones hold heat and reflect it back up to the low-lying gobelet-trained vines. Though the galets are typical, they are not prominent in every vineyard. Chateau Rayas is the most obvious deviation with very sandy soil.

According to law, eighteen grape varieties are allowed in Châteauneuf-du-Pape and most wines are blends of some mix of these. For reds, Grenache is the star player with Mourvedre and Syrah coming typically second. Others used include Cinsault, Counoise and occasionally Muscardin, Vaccarèse, Picquepoul Noir and Terret Noir.

Only about 6-7% of wine from Châteauneuf-du-Pape is white wine. Blends and single-varietal bottlings are typically based on the soft and floral Grenache Blanc but Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne are grown with some significance.

The wine of Chateauneuf-du-Pape takes its name from the relocation of the papal court to Avignon. The lore says that after moving in 1309, Pope Clément V (after whom Chateau Pape-Clément in Pessac-Léognan is named) ordered that vines were planted. But it was actually his successor, John XXII, who established the vineyards. The name however, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, translated as "the pope's new castle," didn’t really stick until the 19th century.

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