Localisé dans les secteurs les plus tardifs de l'appellation, le Grenache et la Roussanne ont mûri lentement, pour donner un superbe nectar, dans une forme d'équilibre qui n'est que rarement atteint.
Le millésime

L'année 2012 n’a pas épargné les vignerons : même les plus avisés en ont quasiment « perdu le Nord » ! L’hétérogénéité au vignoble porte d’emblée la marque des dégâts provoqués par le gel hivernal. Fort malheureusement, certains pieds de très vieux Grenache et Syrah ne résisteront pas. Perte d’un patrimoine précieux, impact sur les rendements de la vendange à venir, le ... Afficher plus ›

Terroir

La Crau, le Belvédère, les Serres.

Élevage

En fûts neufs et d'un vin. Allier et Tronçais.

Service

12°C
Décanter juste avant le service.

Teneur en alcool

14%

Mise en bouteille

Sans collage, ni filtration.

Cépages

Grenache blanc : 50 %
Roussanne : 50 %

Lush and dense with ripe blackberry and black raspberry fruit with lovely minerality and smoke; seamless, rich and elegant with great concentration and a long, bright finish; give it time.

Anthony Dias Blue
The Tasting Panel , 95/100 , 2015-03-01

This is packed with dark, alluring fig, blackberry and boysenberry paste flavors, inlaid with dried anise and well-roasted alder and cedar notes. Offers a lingering ganache edge on the finish. This has heft, but remains very silky in feel.

James Molesworth
Wine Spectator , 93/100 , 2015-04-30

This is an opulent, Old World white, a blend of fruit from 60-year-old grenache blanc vines and 30-year-old roussanne (50 percent of each) fermented and aged in oak. The fruit is rich but not too sweet, more akin to the sweet, dense earthiness of roast parsnip than golden apple; the oak adds a warm, blonde ginger spice, light enough to let some of the wine's minerality show through.

Tara Q. Thomas
Wine & Spirit , 93/100 , 2015-02-01

Michel's 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc is a classy, rich effort that exhibits plenty of ripe peach, honeycomb, toasted nut and brioche aromas and flavors. Fermented and aged all in barrel, it has medium to full-bodied richness, beautiful freshness and clean, lengthy finish. It deserves a classy meal...

Robert Parker
Wine Advocate , 91-93/100 , 2013-10-01

More 'serious' than the Guy Louis white with some oak grip on the finish but not necessarily more thrilling. Good polish and not fat by any means. Relatively racy for a white Châteauneuf. Deserves time to settle down and become more complex. Just a hint of alcohol on the finish.

Jancis Robinson , 16,5+/20 , 2013-11-04