92pts Jeb Dunnuck

Based on 65% Sauvignon and 35% Semillon, the 2024 Domaine De La Solitude Blanc is a beautiful, certainly outstanding, wine in the vintage. Crisp citrus, minty herbs, and some obvious minerality and salinity define the aromas and flavors, and it's medium-bodied, has bright, integrated acidity, terrific balance, and a great finish. It's very much in the fresh, vibrant, juicy style of the best whites in the vintage.
Barrel Sample: 90-92

92pts Vinous

The 2024 Domaine de la Solitude Blanc is bright and sculpted. Lemon peel, chalk, mint and white pepper confer notable tension and vibrant. This is an especially taut dry white that's ideal for drinking as an apéritif.
Barrel Sample: 90-92

Winemaker Notes

Domaine de la Solitude Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc is an elegant wine of great complexity, with citrus aromas enveloped in layers of minerality and herbal nuances. On the palate, this wine is full-flavoured with a creamy texture, powerful and long.

This domain has one of the best terroirs in Châteauneuf-du-Pape with its abundance of rounded quartzite stones from the Villafranchian period. These stones absorb heat during the day then radiate it at night, promoting full grape maturity. The grapes are manually harvested, once each variety has reached phenological ripeness, based on grape tastings by an expert panel. The grape bunches are then meticulously sorted to remove any unwanted fruit.

The grapes were pressed immediately upon arrival at the winery. The juice was cold settled and then fermented in temperature controlled tanks. The wine was racked and then aged on its fine lees in small tanks with regular stirrings. A proportion of the Roussanne was matured in new oak for a short period, adding subtle complexity to the resulting wine. The wine was then bottled during the spring following the harvest.