Chateauneuf du Pape lunch

Frank's place in Matraville
Tasted Sunday, August 23, 2020 by chatters with 136 views

Introduction

Frank and I have been kicking around the idea of doing a bit of a CndP thing for a little while and we finally got round to it.

Flight 1 - Bracket one - Beaucastel blanc (2 Notes)

matched to a chilli spiced quiche which rather blew these 2007 out of the water. I think the wines needed something a little 'gentler' and more subtle but the 2008 just about held it's own...

Flight 2 - Bracket two - Brunel (8 Notes)

Matched to pickled shrooms, rocket and proscuito salad.
We did two brackets of four wines (to save on washing up) hits and misses here for me. Of this lot the 2006 Cailloux was probably the most shiningest with the 2005 and 2001 snapping at it's heels

Flight 3 - Bracket three - Beaucastel red (5 Notes)

Matched to rib roast, roast spuds and green beans.
well, lots to love here - the 12 stands out stylistically from the other wines in the bracket but the 10 and the 05 also hit the spot for me.

  • 2005 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Blackberry, blue berry, hints of black pepper and a sense of denseness. Leather, herbaceous notes but freshens with time in the glass. In the mouth it's juicy, fleshy, talc textured tannins accompany pretty black fruits. Balanced. Lovely

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  • 2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Quite gamey initially then rich, very rich, ripe, concentrated black and red fruit, baked herbs, a little cream...might be a tiny smidge of taint here as well. On the palate it has sweet dark fruits, blocky, grippy tannins...this is still fairly monolithic for me. Hmm.

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  • 2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Wow, initially very oyster shell and salinity on the nose then jubey red and blackberry, a little black pepper spice. In the mouth it's juicy and fleshy with black hued fruits, drying talc textured tannins, black tea and black peppercorns on the palate. Mmm. Not as good as I remember this last time but still pleasant.

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  • 2010 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Aromas of garrigue, dense, savoury, plummy fruit and a little jubey black and red berries. In the mouth the wine is juicy, plummy with balckberry and a little sweet spice. Flour textured tannins provide weight, long. Young but very nice.

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  • 2012 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Perfumed, jubey red berries, slightly meaty elements, pretty nose, shows a little sweet spice, cream, almost a touch of butter as well. On the palate it's softly juicy but fresh...utterly pleasing, elegant, fruit driven and still very primary. Wonderful.

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Flight 4 - Bracket four - CdR from CndP (3 Notes)

Matched to a small selection of cheese (Pont 'Eveque and Gruyere).
As Frank and I both had the 98 Coudoulet we thought we have a look at bottle (cork?) variation in 22 year old wines...unsurprisingly there was some! Frank also pulled out the Tardieu Laurent...

  • 1998 Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Coudoulet de Beaucastel

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône

    From Coravin. Grainy, leathery, garrigue, funky, raspberry, slightly dusty notes, a little alcohol warmth and a tiny touch of volatility. with time it also starts to show some raisins. In the mouth the acidity is assisted by the volatility, red currant fruit, leather, raisins, chalky textured tannins. Hmm.

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  • 1998 Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Coudoulet de Beaucastel

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône

    From Coravin. A little toast, red berry tends to strawberry, slightly gamey, plenty of spice. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity, red berries, chalky textured tannins and a little alcohol warmth on the finish. Nice.

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  • 2007 Tardieu-Laurent Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    From Coravin. Medium plus intensity aromas of coconut, vanilla, caramel; plenty of new oak here, brambly black fruit and a touch of taint. In the mouth ti's juicy but think and dense with chewy tannins, similar levels of oak and ripe blackberry fruit, alcohol warmth intrudes on the finish, still very primary and a bit porty. Hmm.

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Flight 5 - Bracket five - Dessert (1 Note)

matched this pleasingly subtle (possible a little too subtle) Coteaux du Layon to tart with berries

Closing

A lot of fun...the step up in class from the Brunel Cailloux to the Beaucastel was tangible (which isn't a disservice to the Brunel's; they were still very nice wines)
this was also the first time we have done a whole meal matching purely to Coravin'ed wines - the only wine that we opened was the Coteaux du Layon...

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