Tasting Highlights: Châteauneuf-du-Pape Whites

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The white wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape may be the best whites you're not already drinking.

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Posted: August 8, 2008

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Châteauneuf-du-Pape whites are probably the best white wines that you're not drinking. Châteauneuf-du-Pape is dominated by red wine—it comprises 95 percent of the appellation's production, and unless you've been living in a cave, you know the string of great vintages that the wines have benefited from.