Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes

My friend Bill saved me a pour from a tasting I had to miss. Stoppered and left in the fridge for a week. Clear amber. Medium weight melon, lilacs, pear, and talc nose. Delicious spicy dried apricot flavours and a nice dry finish. Not really oxidized at all. Remarkable wine that I have now had 6 times from Bill’s cellar. What a great friend.

1993 vintage

Stinky on the nose but the palate used gorgeous. Powerful and rich. Super tasty.

1993 vintage

Clear amber. Intense nose, black tea, honey, apricot, freshly poured concrete, and baked apple. Dry rich baked apple, apricot and pineapple flavours and a rich dry finish.

1993 vintage

Very bright amber. The nose begins medium intense but turns up the volume over a couple of hours. Dried apricot, pine nuts and dried figs or maybe dates. Delicious dry fruit flavours and a rich but balanced finish. Not even a hint of oxidation.

1993 vintage

Beaucastel Dinner at Tiger Mama. About the color of a 20 y/o Sauternes. Not terribly oxidized palate but just not very much left. Not much acidity. A little smoky.

1993 vintage

i'm a sucker for older rhones so keep that in mind, as i did not find this at all past peak or oxidized. at peak now for sure however. full, viscous, dry with a hint of sage and honey. a long, complex palate. this was simply wonderful. mine stored pristine at 57degrees.

1993 vintage

Based on the almost orange color, was expecting an oxidized roussanne well past its prime. Instead, this started out with a heavy hand of petrol and must, but quickly evolved to a very complex mix of yellow and orange fruit infused with petrol and saline qualities. The texture is pure, mouthfeel thick. Amazingly generous wine right now with no signs of fading.

1993 vintage

A little oxidized, but in a very good way, like an old tokaji, very complex, with orange peel and marmalade. Wonderful mouth, a hauntingly beautiful wine.

1993 vintage

Unimpressive nose. Viscous mouthfeel. Tastes much better than the nose. Dark golden color, looks quite old.

1993 vintage

Amber/caramel. Pineapple, fig and mineral nose. Fig and apricot flavours. Very dry finish and nice medium wieght. Always an excellent wine. I've been very lucky to have a few chances to drink this wine.

1993 vintage

Brilliant gold. What can you say. Honey, diesel and cement with apricot and melon fuit. Sweet entry and dry finish. A real treat these. I have been lucky enough to have had 3 of these with Bill. Cheers.

1993 vintage

Amber. Starts with dairy, mineral and apricot fruit. Even some honey and peach. Definetly a sweet nose. Keeps changing over a couple of hours. Not oxidized or soapy at all. Great nose and floavours. Long finish with lots of acid left. A great wine.

1993 vintage

WLTV Party; 3/29/2008-3/30/2008 (Springfield, NJ) : Tasted at the WLTV after-party at Basilico's. COLOR: Copper like no white should be, unless it's a 100-year-old Sauternes. NOSE/PALATE: This wine was completely oxidized.

1993 vintage

ERI Auction and Tasting (Chicago, IL) : Pale yellow straw, nose of mineral and chalk. Smooth, lanollin feel, it reeks of minerality and terroir in the classic style of the great French wine; the fruit, citrus and melon, is restrained, living within the framework of its minerality. Contrast with the new world SQN monster. Dulcie gave me "that look" as if to say what's the fuss about; but you have to understand the context with these things.

1993 vintage

Cull 5/07. Moderately advanced color. Some interesting flavors, but I still don't "get it." Hard to believe it will rise up with time. We'll see; next(last) bottle in 3 yrs or so.

1993 vintage

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