2022 Château Saint Nabor Côtes du Rhône Blanc, France, Rhone, Wine Review

This is a blend of Roussanne 80%, Grenache Blanc 10%, and Ugni Blanc 10%. Light/medium gold in color, clear and bright. The nose has beeswax, golden raisins, and slight peach. Medium bodied. Slightly oily texture. On the palate, red apples with slight peach notes. Good finish. This is an easy drinking CdR that is an excellent value. It would make a nice summer sipper on the back patio. This is good on its own and would work well with lighter foods but would stand up to a burger off he grill as well. Drink over the next few years.

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A-

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Vintage:

2022

Current Price:

$17.00USD

America's Best Rhone Style White Wines: 11th Annual Rhone Rangers Tasting Reviewed

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. Like many lovers of Rhone style wines from America, we have just returned from the 2008 edition of the annual Rhone Rangers tasting event at Fort Mason in San Francisco (March 18). This was the 11th year that the Rhone Rangers , a group of about 200 American producers of wines using 22 varietals traditional to France’s Rhone Valley, have shown off their wines at this public tasting event. This year, about 138 wineries presented approximately 520 wines. During the tasting, we enthusiastically tasted as many wines as we could within the 5 hours (3 public and 2 trade/media) the event was open. We tasted 30 white wines first, and then we tasted 50 reds. We skipped the rosés, not because we don’t love them, but because we didn’t have time. Kudos to Rhone Rangers for providing eco-friendly paper spit cups instead of the plastic cups so common at other tastings. We divided our attention between wines and producers we have known previously, producers new to us, and specific bottlings we didn’t already know. While we found many wines to admire, we are sure we missed other gems.

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2022 J.L. Chave Sélection St. Joseph Circa, France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2022

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Grade:

A-

Current Price:

$33.00USD

This is a blend of 60% Roussanne and 40 % MarsanneLight golden in color, clear and bright. The nose is tight. With air it shows beeswax, lemons, pastry dough and slight peaches. Medium bodied. Good acidity. On the palate, vanilla, lemons and and slight minerality. Good finish. This is still on the young side but opens well with air. Drink over the next five to ten years. It is nice on its own but better with food. Creamy garlic pork chops would be a nice match.

2020 Domaine de Couron Côtes du Rhône Villages Blanc, France, Wine Review

Vintage:

2020

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Grade:

A-

Current Price:

$20.00USD

This is a blend of 33% Marsanne, 33% Roussanne, and 33% Grenache blanc from the Rhone Valley. Light golden in color, clear and bright. The nose has vanila, lemons and peaches. Full bodied. Slightly oily texture. On the palate, lemons and peach. Easy drinking. Nice finish. This is a nice value in white wines and should continue to drink well for another three to five years. It is nice on its own and will work well with many foods including Pork, Poultry and Seafood. This would be a nice pairing with Roasted (or fried) Turkey.

2021 Michèle Luyton Hermitage Blanc,France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2021

Score:

Grade:

A-

This is the final vintage of this wine. It is an 80/20 blend of Marsanne and Roussanne. Light golden in color, clear and bright. The nose has apples, baked apple pastry, and some pears. Medium bodied. Smooth and more on the elegant style. Crisp acidity. On the palate, flavors of apples with some minerality. Someone mentioned a bit of reduction but it didn't stand out for me. Good finish. This is drinking well now and should for another five to ten years. Better with food, it is still nice on its own. This would be nice with Sushi but also with Cold Chicken on a picnic.

2013 Rotem & Mounir Saouma Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Magis, France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2013

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Current Price:

$100.00USD

I love Rhone whites but they are a crap shoot. Luckily, this was drinking quite well. It was brought over by a friend who was invited to our home for dinner. He will be invited back. Light golden in color. The nose is nice with minerals, wax but plenty of fruit; peach and guava and finally some honeysuckle and vanilla. On the palate, this has a slightly oily texture. The peach and vanilla predominate but it gets waxy on the finish. Also a lovely underlying minerality. Good acidity. Someone mentioned white Burgundy, but I didn't get that. Pretty classic ehite Rhone and wide open a

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