2012 chateau de beaucastel roussanne vieilles vignes, chateauneuf-du-pape
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Why We're Buying
Château Beaucastel has made a name for itself with Southern Rhône red blends. It's roussanne, a dark white grape, supplies one of the wine estate's most investment-worthy products. Vieilles Vignes, which translates to "old vines" in French, captures the appellation's minerality and character. The Châteauneuf-du-Pape also appreciated 37.9 from 2017 to 2021.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Even more impressive and coming from a single parcel of vines planted in 1909, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes is an off-the-hook effort and certainly the greatest white produced in the Southern Rhone. Offering up exuberant and perfumed notes of marmalade, buttered citrus, orange rind and lavender, this full-bodied voluptuously textured white has knockout richness that’s balanced by gorgeous purity and freshness. Always showing brilliantly in their youth, this cuvee can shut down and be hard to judge when (or if) it will come back around.