Starting with the whites and made from 60% Roussanne and 40% Grenache Blanc that was raised in one- to three-year-old demi-muids, the 2014 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Extrait (Roussanne) is racy and lean, with pretty notes of buttered citrus, honeysuckle and toasted bread. It needs a smidge more flesh to really shine, but it does a lot right and has terrific purity and a clean, focused finish. It will be better this time next year and have 4-5 years or more of prime drinking.