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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.9 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by LT98 on 1/9/2024 & rated 94 points: I've only had these before with a lot of age so I decided to try one young. My first impression was the freshness and purity of fruit and floral notes. Sumptuous mouth feel. (421 views) | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 10/19/2022 & rated 93 points: This might be a tad backwards since a year ago, but still delicious. The acidity comes out a little more as it warms up, which really helped the balance. The finish seems rather short today. Hopefully it was just an off day. (1002 views) | | | Tasted by rbrock05 on 11/29/2021 & rated 91 points: Drinking very nice right now. Nose has honeysuckle, peach and a bit of lemon. Slightly unctuous and a moderate degree of minerality with medium degree of mouth feel. Overall, it works together reakly nicely. (1190 views) | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 11/29/2021 & rated 94 points: Still drinking well before it likely enters it’s dumb phase. Great richness and balance. (1392 views) | | | Tasted by Fractals888 on 5/14/2021 & rated 95 points: Unctuous, yet racy. Lychee, pear, green apples, oranges, lime pith, pepper, with a long creamy finish. Loved the mid-palate spiciness. (1574 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 10/12/2020 & rated 97 points: White peach, honeysuckle, pear, spice and crushed stones. The wine is full-bodied, lush, sweet and fresh with a parade of white fruits and peach in the finish. The wine is always made from a 3 hectare of old vine 100% Roussanne planted in 1909. (2930 views) |
| 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 BeaucastelRoussanne Wikipedia | Varietal character (Appellation America)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
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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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