Beaurenard Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc 2007

13.5% alc, approx. 30% Clairette, 25% Roussanne, 25% Bourboulenc, up to 20% Grenache Blanc, plus Picpoul and Picardin, grown in cooler sites and on lighter soils. Mainly SS, around 15% old vines fermented in oak of which one third is new. Pale straw yellow with a very youthful pale edge to the colour. Fullish, quite solid nose with stonefruit, floral and apricot kernel aromas, not stolid, but fresh with perfumes and aromas of herbs. Dry, this is full-bodied with freshness and excellent acidity. Flavours of herbs and flowers show, with white stonefruits. This has zip, liveliness and a steely mineral note too. Medium long on the finish, and very attractive. My score 18.0-/20  RC May 08