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| | Vintage | 1997 |  Label 1 of 1897 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Château de Beaucastel (web) | | Variety | Red Rhone Blend | | Designation | n/a | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | France | | Region | Rhône | | SubRegion | Southern Rhône | | Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape | | UPC Code(s) | 0633135974108, 089419212037, 089419212068, 089419212105, 089419212938, 089419212952, 089419212976, 089419212983, 089419216974, 633135052103, 633135092109, 633135142101 |
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| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 160 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by stjl on 2/27/2024 & rated 92 points: Le nez est très expressif, mais la bouche fermée en début de dégustation, vin a besoin de quelques heures pour se développer, mais après ce délai il est excellent. (366 views) | | | Tasted by chrisdgsmith@hotmail.co.uk on 12/16/2021 & rated 93 points: At DT's. Really evolved colour and great legs. I was taken aback by how ripe this tasted for a less than stellar vintage. Lovely rich black and red fruits integrating beautifully with those classic tertiary notes of Beaucastel (a bit of Brett?). This really surprised me. Beautiful drinking now and will survive a few more years. (3398 views) | | | Tasted by le fouloir on 10/5/2021 & rated 94 points: This was a very pleasing Beaucastel. Nice depth and medium deep color. Classic Beaucastel notes. Long finish. Had much life left in it. (3149 views) | | | Tasted by Nicephoras on 10/29/2020: Amane. My bottle, and while blown out of the water by the Rayas, this was actually quite good for a supposed off vintage. Initially there was quite a bit of menthol on the nose and finish, but then this subsides to a lot of secondary CdP notes with good fruit left and enough tannins to suggest this is at peak. No more than a B+ wine, and clearly lacking the power to stand up next to the Rayas (or the massive Rousseau!), but very pretty, especially with the curious menthol note that never quite went away. Drink up. (4574 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 10/29/2020 & rated 92 points: Very good balance for an off vintage. Really solid bottle and perhaps overperformed for the vintage. (4185 views) | | | Tasted by citizen1 on 9/27/2020 & rated 94 points: Still drinking exceedingly well. (4029 views) | | | Tasted by Dave Canada on 8/19/2020 & rated 92 points: Ditto to what Wine Canuck said....this is way better than more recent bottles of Beaucastel showing that dusty character with higher acid, pure tart cherry, orange rind, herbs and grilled meats.
Very nice. (2600 views) | | | Tasted by Marc C on 7/24/2020 & rated 93 points: Superbe nez évolué sur les fruits rouges légèrement compotés, la prune, l'olive verte, les herbes aromatiques et le tabac blond. On ne s'en lasse pas et le nez a gardé toute sa plénitude malgré les deux jours d'ouverture !
On retrouve cette plénitude en bouche, tout y est de la puissance du moelleux, un très joli toucher, suffisamment de structure pour que le vin ne sombre pas dans la mollesse.
Très belle finale, persistante, sur le festival aromatique perçu au nez. (981 views) | | | Tasted by Tony Ling on 1/18/2020 & rated 93 points: PNP into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Flower” day): Pale ruby to the eyes.
Very nicely acidic indeed. Fine line of minerality driving a very broad spectrum of fruits, floral, herbs and garrigue.
Very pure and transparent unlike many other experiences of slightly more brett than one would enjoy. This is a very refined and elegant effort.
Enjoyable now. 93-94 points (3169 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 12/26/2019 & rated 92 points: Pours totally transparent orange tinged ruby with moderate bricking. The complex but only moderately intense nose wafts leather, spiced roast meat, dried orange peel, shrub, herbs, zucchini, dried strawberry and dried red cherry. The palate has just the slightest hint of dusty tannin and medium plus acid. The finish is quite nice, but just a bit clipped with a slightly bitter green and leathery note. I like this way more than what I've had from Beaucastel in 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2006. (2781 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 1/11/2019 & rated 94 points: Drinking beautifully here. CT people are smoking crack saying end of this drinking window was 2014!! Truly I don’t understand the perspective. This wine is full of fruit and nicely integrated with HdP and terroir, and by “terroir” I mean a deep tar-like flavor that lingers from the late palate to the finish. Some herbaceous qualities. (3196 views) | | | Tasted by afu on 8/25/2018 & rated 95 points: This bottle way exceeded my expectations after reading so much about older CDP's like this being well past their prime. This was not. This was an elegant wine, velvet mouth feel with plenty of energy and fruit - but not a fruit bomb by any stretch. Plus a nice long finish. A 30 minute decant helped and it kept getting better until there was no more. As for the wine itself, it was lighter in color. There were notes of cherry, dark raspberry and licorice with a wonderful and delicate nose. Initially I was concerned what would be left, what a very pleasant surprise. (4195 views) | | | Tasted by novie1234 on 12/24/2017 & rated 87 points: Very light - completely translucent and almost completely bricked. A brown red throughout. Nose was stemmy, green, and metallic. Decanted for an hour and fruit slowly emerged but was layered considerably. Even after many hours, it was only somewhat balanced because fruit just could not show up relative to the herbaceous underpinning. I have to believe this showed better in its prime, but now may be past. I still have over half a case, so I will be tapping these very soon. (5351 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 3/6/2017 & rated 91 points: Fairly typical Beaucastel green, herbaceous and spicy nose. Fairly soft palate. Very nice! (7563 views) | | | Tasted by williamswhine on 2/20/2017 & rated 94 points: Of the 7 bottle vertical, this was the lightest in hue-- light garnet. Smelled young, sediment on pour but not cloudy, light dark fruit nose, little grassy, light, this wine changed the most over time. Drink now. Still amazing it is holding its own. (7369 views) | | | Tasted by Rnarkiss on 12/17/2016 & rated 91 points: still very good
a lot of aromas in the nose, medium body
light fruits, strawberries (7042 views) | | | Tasted by rmalloy on 12/16/2016 & rated 92 points: A lovely, savory Beaucastel. My initial impression was of black olives. I was pleased that my date independently remarked -- without any knowledge of the wine or commentary from me -- that it tasted of black olives. The wine also offers notes of lavender, thyme, and ripe tomato. (How liberating it is to have tomato as a fruit descriptor.) (6072 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 12/5/2016 & rated 88 points: This was a wet year and this wine is a bit rustic, but still tasty. I would drink up as I don't think this one will improve from here. (4786 views) | | | Tasted by Peter Z. on 10/7/2016: too far (905 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 10/7/2016: DTC Chateauneuf du Pape (@ SS): In the bouquet barnyard, earth, rust and iron as well as still some garrigue (which fades quite quickly). On the palate chocolate, some metal, still ok (old age) acidity and slightly drying tannin. The wine is a bit past its prime, but it could well be we were not so lucky with this particular bottle of which the history is unknown. No score. (3875 views) | | | Tasted by Le Vinophile on 8/27/2016 & rated 92 points: Évolué, d'une belle intensité au nez. Très tertiaire, étable, cuir, sous-bois, champignons, éthéré. Soupçons de fruit, cerise. passé son plateau mais impressionnant par sa complexité et son équilibre. Long et impressionnant. A boire maintenant. (2979 views) | | | Tasted by BVal on 6/12/2016 & rated 90 points: Color: medium-deep ruby core -> garnet/bricked rim. Reticent nose; needed a lot of swirling and aerating and still quite tough coaxing much from this. A little garrigue, earth, medicinal iodine with redcurrants and cherries. Savoury palate of herbs de Provence and minerals with plums and cherries. Definitely on the lighter side of the Beaucastel spectrum of intensity; light-to-medium bodied with no tannins left and a medium to medium/short finish. A 90 but just barely IMO. If you have any, drink now and into next week I'd say . . . . (3272 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 5/23/2016 & rated 93 points: Drank at 67
Rich deep complex. Nose of earth, tobacco, dark fruits, spice and oak. Lovely. (3443 views) | | | Tasted by Jeffsta on 3/12/2016: Moderate mouthfeel, barnyard. Earthy, hint of menthol. High acid. (3933 views) | | | Tasted by Leto South on 12/12/2015 & rated 94 points: Brick red, amber edge. Surprisingly weak colour! Open bq w spices, strawberries, liquorice, Structure nice w good acidity, very rounded tannins. Nice, ripe fruit w cherries, strawberries, garrigue. Long, complex aftertaste w plenty fruit. Still very nice (but if I had more bottles, I'd drink them soon). A not very typical Beaucastel. As someone mentioned, a bit Burgundian. An elegant rather than powerful Beauc, no doubt due to the poor vintage. But again - very good!! (4020 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, December 2007
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Vinous, January/February 1999, IWC Issue #82
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Winedoctor, December 2012
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Rockss and Fruit (10/3/2003)
(Chateau Beaucastel) Floral nose with lots of black licorice, tar, mineral. Very aromatic. Seems much more mature on the nose than I would have thought. Just getting towards secondary land. After a while the cows came home and the barnyard was present .Soft and silky palate with gorgeous fruit .Not the most concentrated Beaucastel but very gulpable. I would give it five more years so you can get into that cool Beuacastel secondary and tertiary land. |
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| Château de Beaucastel Producer website - Read more about Beaucastel
| An interesting podcast interview with Marc Perrin |
The Wine Doctor on Chateau Beaucastel |
Perrin & Fils Blog on Chateau BeaucastelRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
Another site on this appellation
Vineyards on weinlagen-info
"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
Vintage Chart 1978 to Today
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