Château de Vaudieu - Châteauneuf-du-Pâpe Blanc 2022

Druvor

Grenache

Tasting note

'Druvorna till detta fylliga och aromatiska vin växer på vinstockar från den nordöstra delen av staden, som gränsar till det världsberömda Château Rayas. Vinrankorna är +30 år gamla och alla druvor handplockas tidigt på morgonen. Vinet bjuder på ett brett spektrum av vita blommor, kryddor, brioche och citrus. Vinet harmonierar vackert mellan krämigt och friskt, och dröjer sig kvar länge i eftersmaken. Ett sublimt och klassiskt köp i Châteauneuf.'

The Wine Team - gassaswine.se

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One of the appellation's great success stories, Chateau de Vaudieu has blossomed under the leadership of Laurent Brechet and the consultantship of Philippe Cambie. It remains to be seen how the wine style might evolve now that Cambie has passed away, but the vintages reviewed this year reflect a master at the height of his talent. A large estate with some well-situated vineyards, Brechet farms 70 hectares, including 10 hectares devoted to white varieties, a rather large proportion when compared against the average for the appellation. Winemaking has been fairly straightforward. The whites are whole-bunch pressed to tank and go into wood once the fermentation (with inoculated yeasts) is underway. The reds are 100% destemmed (but some trials are commencing with whole-bunch ferments), fermented using indigenous yeasts (barring any problems) and spend about a month on skins before being pressed off. In the vineyards, trials are underway to carefully thin leaves to slow sugar accumulation, so physiological ripeness might occur at lower sugar levels.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate