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"The 2023 Châteauneuf du Pape Le Miocene Blanc is mostly Clairette but includes 40% Roussanne. Its vivid gold hue is followed by a beautiful perfume of stone fruits, grilled peach, minty flowers, and some spicy nuances. It's balanced and medium to full-bodied, with a kiss of background oak and flawless balance. It's a brilliant white from this talented family that readers will love to drink over the coming 4-6 years, if not upwards of a decade."

- Jeb Dunnuck (Importer Highlight: Fran Kysela ; July 2024), 93 pts

"The classic white from this estate is the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Miocene Blanc, and it shines in the vintage. Based on 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne, it has a lighter gold hue as well as textbook aromatics of citrus, pears, and minty herbs. I love its balance, it’s medium-bodied, has the vintage’s fresher style, and outstanding length. It should evolve gracefully, and while the safe bet is to enjoy bottles over the coming 2-4 years, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this evolve for well over a decade."

- Jeb Dunnuck (November 2022), 92 pts

"The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Miocène Blanc is the base white from this great estate and it's 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne brought up in tank. It's a more fresh, crisp, citrus and tart pineapple-driven white that has wonderful purity and freshness as well as texture. It's a great white for readers looking to understand Southern Rhône whites as well as the incredible quality coming out of this estate."

- Jeb Dunnuck (November 2021), 92 pts

"The 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Le Miocene is a largely tank-matured blend of 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne. It's on the broad, tropical side, with notes of guava, apricot and pineapple, a rich, full-bodied feel on the palate and a finish built on richness more than freshness. Tasted twice (once blind), with one of the samples showing more peppery spice and lime zest on the finish."

- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (May 2022), 91 pts

 "Delicate notes of smoke and green apple introduce this fresh-fruited blend of 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne. Full bodied but almost diaphanous on the palate, it offers crisp yellow-plum and gooseberry flavors edged by a revitalizing spray of crushed stone and walnut skins. The wine is ready now but should drink well through 2030 at least. - ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA"

 - Wine Enthusiast (September 2021), 93 pts

"Based on a 60/40 split of Clairette and Roussanne brought up all in tank, the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Miocène Blanc offers a pretty, already complex nose of mulled citrus and pear fruits, leafy herbs, and honeyed toast. With notable richness, medium body, and bright acidity, as well as a clean, dry finish, it’s classic white from this great region to enjoy over the coming 3-5 years."

- Jeb Dunnuck (October 2020), 92 pts

"The base cuvée, the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Le Miocene Blanc has incredibly classic notes of pear, pineapple, and white flowers, with just a hint of salty minerality. It's beautifully textured, medium-bodied, and refreshing on the palate. It's about a classic as they come and readers looking for an introduction into the whites of the region should grab a few bottles. It will keep for 2-3 years.."

- Jeb Dunnuck (August 16th 2019), 91 pts

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 "This full-bodied but fresh-fruited white owes its tart grapefruit and green apple flavors to a hefty dose (60%) of Clairette along with 40% Roussanne. Unoaked and briskly concentrated, it's a juicy, thirst quenching wine that finishes on a pert mineral tone. Best enjoyed young. - ANNA LEE C. IIJIMA"

 - Wine Enthusiast (March 2021), 90 pts

"Pale brilliant straw. High-pitched aromas of lemon zest, Anjou pear, anise and white flowers, backed by a hint of smoky minerality. Densely packed but lithe in character, displaying very good clarity to the mineral-drenched orchard fruit, citrus zest and honeysuckle flavors. The floral note carries emphatically through the finish, which lingers with impressive, mineral-driven persistence. - Josh Raynolds"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (October 2018), 93 pts

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"A ripe, honeyed blend of 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Le Miocene offers scents of tangerines and pineapples on the nose. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with those tropical, citrusy notes framed by crisp acids and buttressed by ample concentration. Fine stuff for drinking over the next couple of years, possibly longer. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. - Joe Czerwinski"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue 238, August 31st 2018), 92 pts

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"The base white from this reference point estate, the 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Miocene Blanc is mostly Clairette blended with 40% Roussanne. Brought up all in stainless steel, this medium to full-bodied beauty boasts a rocking bouquet of stone fruits, clean citrus, and beautiful minerality. It’s perfectly balanced, has a great texture, and a big finish. It’s great today but will keep for over a decade if you’re so inclined."

- Jeb Dunnuck (March 27th 2019), 91 pts

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"Transparent yellow. Expansive peach nectar, pear and honey aromas show very good clarity and turn livelier with air. Juicy, penetrating and seamless on the palate, offering an array of concentrated orchard and pit fruit flavors that are sharpened and given spine by a smoky mineral nuance and a touch of bitter orange pith. A pungent floral note appears on a fragrant, impressively persistent finish that leaves behind vibrant Meyer lemon and mineral notes. - Josh Raynolds"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (October 2018), 93 pts

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"This estate makes two brilliant whites. Notes of citrus blossom, white peach, and tangerine all emerge from the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Le Miocène, and it's balanced, clean, and medium-bodied. Drink it over the coming couple of years. This cuvée is 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne."
- Jeb Dunnuck (October 2017), 91 pts

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"A 60-40 blend of Clairette and Roussanne, the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Le Miocene is a crisp, clean, fresh interpretation of the appellation. It's medium to full-bodied, with pristine notes of melon and citrus that come to a refreshing, lime-tinged finish. - Joe Czerwinski"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue 233, October 2017), 90 pts

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"Limpid straw-yellow. Aromas of ripe orange, pear nectar and honey pick up a hint of fennel with air. Smooth and seamless on the palate, showing very good depth and heft to the pliant citrus and orchard fruit flavors. Rich and creamy yet vibrant as well, thanks to a spine of juicy acidity. Lingers impressively, leaving behind notes of tangerine and poached pear. - Josh Raynolds"
- Vinous ("Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc: Moving Out of the Shadows ", June 2017), 91 pts

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"Their 2015 Châteauneuf du Pape Le Miocène Blanc is their classic cuvée and is 60% Clairette and 40% Roussanne, all from the Cabrières lieu-dit, and I believe raised mostly in stainless steel. It’s fresh, crisp and classy, with medium-bodied notes of spiced apples, citrus blossom and honeysuckle. Drink this elegant, beautifully pure white over the coming 2-3 years. - Jeb Dunnuck"
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (Issue 227, October 28th 2016), 90 pts

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"White Châteauneuf is not that common, and if you can find this you'll shock your friends in a blind tasting ..."
- Decanter (Fine wine for Christmas – Châteauneuf-du-Pape, November 26th 2016), 93 pts

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"The 'Le Miocene' Blanc is a relativly new project from the Jaume family started back in 2013, made from a blend of 50% Clairette, 30% Roussanne and 20% Grenache Blanc. It offers vibrant aromas of bright with aromas of white flowers, citrus and fresh mineral. This shows impressive balance and weight through the palate into the long, fresh, and acidic finish. Drinking well now but will get even better as it evolves with some bottle age. (Best 2016-2027) - M.D."
- International Wine Report (September 2015), 92 pts

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"Stylish, with a caressing brioche hint that underscores the core of creamed yellow apple, white peach and almond flavors. The long finish lets the fruit play out. Drink now through 2016.—J.M."
- Wine Spectator 's Insider (June 25th 2015), 91 pts

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"While this estate's reds get most of the glory, they produce a number of high-quality whites. The 2013 Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc, which is made from 60% Roussanne and 40% Clairette, is lively, fresh and focused, with firm apple blossom, citrus, lime and hints of minerality. It shows the freshness of the vintage, yet still has solid depth and richness to its fruit. It will be better in another six months or so and have 3-4 years of prime drinking. I've no doubt it will evolve for much longer as well if you're so inclined. - Jeb Dunnuck"
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (Issue 215, October 2014), 91 pts

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