A brilliant white, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Clos du Roi offers up ripe notes of peach, tropical fruits and vanilla cream to flow to a medium to full-bodied, textured and seamless profile on the palate. Overall elegant and fresh, with deceptive richness and length, this classy effort should drink nicely for 2-3 years, if not longer. Drink now-2017 .
While no 2011s were presented, this is a solid lineup of 2012s from this larger estate.
Importers: Hopp & Wine Beverage, Sterling, VA; Ideal Wine & Spirits, Medford, MA, tel. (781) 395-3300; Beaune Imports, Berkeley, CA, tel. (510) 559-1040; and Jandell Selections, Syosset, NY, tel. (516) 364-9889