In the glass
Aroma: toasted almond, beeswax, Provencal honey, white truffle, ginger
Palate: creamy apricot, lanolin, nutmeg, roasted hazelnut, saline mineral finish
La Nerthe's prestige white Chateauneuf from a walled Roussanne enclosure; waxy, complex, and age-worthy with beeswax, hazelnut, and truffle character.
What it pairs with
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White truffle risotto
Beeswax and truffle notes in the wine echo the earthy mushroom richness. -
Langoustine with cream sauce
Full-bodied, waxy Roussanne matches the richness of langoustine.
History
Clos de Beauvenir is produced from a walled enclosure of old Roussanne vines at La Nerthe, given barrel fermentation and ageing for extra complexity. It is the prestige white and the estate's most direct competition with Beaucastel's celebrated white Chateauneuf.
- 1996 — Clos de Beauvenir first produced as a distinct prestige white from a walled Roussanne enclosure
Facts
- Producer
- Chateau La Nerthe
- Grapes
- Roussanne (80%), Clairette (20%)
- Classification
- Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC
- Oak
- New and old French oak barrique
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 80-130 at retail
- Drinking window
- 3-15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1996
- Organic
- ORGANIC CERTIFIED