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2014 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Clos La Roquète”

Frédéric and Daniel Brunier
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The Brunier brothers bottle this white Châteauneuf as a more accessible alternative to the exalted La Crau bottling. La Roquète is a completely different terroir—its sandy soils lend a softer edge to the Clairette, Grenache Blanc, and Roussanne that make up the blend. Suggestive of molten rocks with a trace of honey and wildflowers, it can age but really aims to please in its tender youth. –Anthony Lynch

Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2014
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 35% Clairette, 30% Grenache Blanc, 25% Roussanne, 10% Bourboulenc
Appellation: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône
Winemaker: Frédérick & Daniel Brunier
Vineyard: 21 years, 2 ha
Soil: Sand on red clay and galets roulés
Aging: Wine ages in cuve and in barrel for 7 months before bottling
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 13.5%

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Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171