"Ripe and heady, with unctuous melon, star fruit, anise and apricot flavors.  The long, rich, creamy finish picks up a bracing bitter almond note.  Offers a textbook flavor profile, with the added ripeness of the vintage.  Drink now through 2007."

-Wine Spectator 90 points

 

"The 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape blanc, which aged 75% in tank and 25% in wood, is a blend of 47% Grenache Blanc, 21% Roussanne, 14% Bourboulenc, and 18% Clairette.   It is an exotic, sensual effort revealing notes of orange marmalade intermixed with rose water, guava, and other tropical fruits.  Full-bodied, lusciously pure, and relatively high in alcohol, it should be consumed over the next 2-3 years."

-Robert Parker 90 points