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Friday, March 29, 2019 - Friday Tasting Group: "Killer Bar" (#02 for me) (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): "Château de Beaucastel red is a 70-ha vyd with one single plot at the N of the appellation. The terroir is archetypal of the best terroirs in Châteauneuf: rolled pebbles on the surface, sand, clay, & limestone deeper down. Each variety is harvested manually & separately. Vinification is completed in truncated oak barrels for the reductive grapes (Mourvèdre & Syrah) & in traditional tiled cement tanks for the oxidative grapes (such as Grenache). After the malolactic fermentations, the Perrin family blends the different varieties, & then the wine ages in oak Foudres for a yr before being bottled." 30% ea Grenache & Mourvèdre, 10% ea Counoise & Syrah, 5% Cinsault, and 15% Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, & Roussanne;

N: Smoke, some cherries

P: LM body; NICE frt met by firming acidity which fairly seamlessly evolves into a very LONG, BALANCED finish with a tangy/swtness to the firming dusty tannins. A wine that basically flummoxed this group's *very* EXPERIENCED tasters, the guesses I overheard being either Burgundy or Barolo. A *very* IMPRESSIVE wine for NOW & poss 5 yrs more? 13.5% ABV; My Exceptional-. 95 pts Decanter (Jefford, 2/25/16), 17, 17.5, & 18/20 (4x!) Jancis Robinson, + more on the "Pro Reviews" section of this pg, and the "Critic Reviews" section of wine-searcher!

Note: From the same bottle as bankermd this same date

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