Domaine Auguste Clape - Saint-Peray Blanc 2022
Price: $84.99
| Producer | Domaine Auguste Clape |
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| Country | France |
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| Region | Rhone |
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| Subregion | Saint-Peray |
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| Varietal | Marsanne - Roussanne |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 33791 |
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Decanter Magazine: 93 Points
Quince and pear. Rich and ripe but not overly so, it's silky on the palate, fairly high in alcohol, enjoyably full and opulent, with a fresh core. Includes a new parcel this year of 70-year-old Marsanne, so is now around 90% Marsanne, 10% Roussanne. The rest is a mix of 60-year-old and seven-year-old vines. Vinified in oak.
Jeb Dunnuck: 92 Points
Bottled just three weeks before my visit, the 2022 Saint-Péray is nevertheless showing well, with beautiful white flowers, stone fruits, and a kiss of almond and toasted notes in its medium-bodied, elegant, beautifully textured profile. This is a classy, layered, impressive white that will shine on the dinner table over the coming 4-6 years (and probably longer). I was thrilled to be able to retaste the 2020s during my visit with Pierre-Marie Clape, and it’s safe to say I underrated these last year. They’ve have morphed into heavenly wines that are unquestionably in the same league as the estate 2010s, 2018s, and 2019s. The 2021s here have pure, classic, old school-like profiles with more moderate concentration and depth, but good balance as well as length. Harkening back to wines from the 1980s, they’re already approachable yet should have 10-15 years of interesting drinking.
Vinous: 91 Points
Aged for 11 months in a combination of concrete, old oak foudres and 500-liter terracotta jars, the 2022 Saint-Péray blends 80% Marsanne with 20% Roussanne. Wafts of lemon peel, yellow apple, white peach and a tropical melon splash introduce it. Offering a medium body and refreshing acidity, it leaves a slightly nutty aftertaste on the sapid finale.
