The Other White Wine

If you say the simple words Chateauneuf du Pape to most wines lovers you will see them start to spontaneously salivate. It is among the world's great wines. But did you know that there also a white version? Like its red cousin, white Chateauneuf du Pape is a blend which features grenache in the starring role, but in this case it is the white grape, grenache blanc.

Granted, the name Chateauneuf du Pape is a mouthful and the price, red or white, can be tough to swallow. So I want to suggest to you a less expensive but no less delicious option, Caves de Cairanne's Les Salyens. I just recently sampled this wine and was absolutely blown away. The aroma is like nothing I have smelled before, floral, creamy, tropical. This wine is no shrinking violet either. It is full bodied and slips down your throat like fine silk.

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