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2018 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc “Clos la Roquète”

Frédéric & Daniel Brunier
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If ever a wine qualified as a “winter white,” it’s this one. The satiny, luxurious blend of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, and Roussanne is a liquid scarf that wards off the gloom of short, cold days with a foreshadowing of the ripe summer stone fruits to come.

Dustin Soiseth


Technical Information
Wine Type: white
Vintage: 2018
Bottle Size: 750mL
Blend: 40% Grenache Blanc, 30% Clairette, 30% Roussanne
Appellation: Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Country: France
Region: Southern Rhône
Producer: Domaine la Roquète
Winemaker: Frédéric & Daniel Brunier
Vineyard: Planted in 1987, 3 ha
Soil: Sand on red clay and galets roulés
Aging: Wine ages in cuve and in barrel for 8 months before bottling
Farming: Lutte Raisonnée
Alcohol: 14.3%

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Every three or four months I would send my clients a cheaply made list of my inventory, but it began to dawn on me that business did not pick up afterwards. It occurred to me that my clientele might not know what Château Grillet is, either. One month in 1974 I had an especially esoteric collection of wines arriving, so I decided to put a short explanation about each wine into my price list, to try and let my clients know what to expect when they uncorked a bottle. The day after I mailed that brochure, people showed up at the shop, and that is how these little propaganda pieces for fine wine were born.—Kermit Lynch

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