Mystery Wine

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Scoop nailed it, and I agree that Beaucastel is one of the tops. In the Oxford Companion to Wine (which I quote from approximately ten times per posting), Robinson notes that Ch de B. is "one of the most rigorous producers of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and one of the few to cultivate the entire 13 permitted varieties." She goes on to write that for white C-d-P, "there is considerable variation in the proportions of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc, and Roussanne planted, although Ch de Beaucastel have demonstrated that a varietal Roussane can be a worthy candidate for barrel maturation." Now, does this mean that Beaucastel's white is principally Roussanne, and do they include the other, more idiosyncratic varieties? I'm not sure, but the bottom line is that HAW absolutely MUST tell us if this is a white or red wine!!! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]