I always love the base white from this team, and the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is another winner that readers will love. Based on 30% Clairette, 25% Bourboulenc, 22% Roussanne, 20% Grenache Banc, and the rest tiny amounts of Picpoul Blanc and Picardan, it reveals a vivid light gold hue as well as classy notes of crushed citrus, pear, white flowers, and chalky minerality. It's clean, bright, medium-bodied, and beautifully balanced. You can drink it today or cellar it for decades.

A classic tank-matured blend, led by the big four—Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc and Roussanne—and spiced up by the inclusion of tiny proportions of Picpoul Blanc and Picardan, plus a small barrel component, Beaurenard's 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc is remarkably perfumed, with bold but refined notes of lime zest and white peaches on the nose. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, plump and fleshy, but linear as well, with a strong beam of acidity and a long, zest-riddled finish.- JC

Enticing, with shortbread and creamed melon notes lined with light almond and heather accents. Caressing, verbena-tinted finish. Grenache Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Grenache Gris, Bourboulenc, Roussanne, Picpoul, Picardan and Clairette Rose. Drink now through 2023. 850 cases made, 170 cases imported.

A restrained style of white Chateauneuf, in spite of ample weight and vinous character. Delicate aromas of fresh nuts and dried lime peel. Probably needs some time in the bottle to reach its best, and there is the structure to enable that. Long, slightly austere finish. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification. Drink or hold.