Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2023

Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc is a white Chateauneuf-du-Pape built around Roussanne, from one of the most respected estates in the southern Rhone.

Beaucastel lies at the northern edge of Chateauneuf-du-Pape near Courthezon, on the rounded galets roulés stones and sandy clay that define the appellation. The property has been held by the Perrin family since the early twentieth century, and is one of the few estates to plant all thirteen permitted varieties, with an unusually high proportion of Mourvedre. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically. Fewer than one bottle in ten from the appellation is white, and Beaucastel's version draws on Roussanne alongside Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc and the rare Picardan, a variety that has all but disappeared elsewhere. Part of the blend is fermented in oak and part in stainless steel, and the wine is bottled early in its life.

Serve at about 12 degrees with shellfish, roast poultry or creamy pasta; it drinks well on release, though bottles kept for several years take on a different character altogether.

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