2017 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Vieilles Vignes Tardieu-Laurent 12x75cl*

GRAPE VARIETIES:

40% Grenache Blanc

30% Roussanne

20% Clairette

10% Bourboulenc

SKU:

10017752017BT12

PRODUCER:

Domaine Tardieu-Laurent

REGION:

France / Rhone Valley

ALCOHOL CONTENT:

13.5%

FOOD MATCHING NOTE:

An array of dishes exploding with flavour such as Bombay fish steamed in banana leaves, salmon and rice wrapped in pastry with a dill sauce or pasta with caramelised onions, cabbage, and smoked ham would make a fine combination.

TASTING NOTE:

This comes from various sites around Châteauneuf, including Font de Michelle. 40% Grenache, 30% Roussanne, 20% Clairette and 10% Bourboulenc, the latter two varieties bringing freshness and moderating the overall alcohol content. This is such a chiselled, energic wine, brilliantly focused and linear. White flowers and nervy minerality, driving through to a long, taut finish. Really exciting stuff. It is fermented in barrel with eight months lees contact, half of the Roussanne being aged in new oak barrels.

*Available only under request