2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Community Tasting Note
Zweder wrote:
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - Monthly Tasting Group HWS #097; Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007 vs 2009 (By RvD): This wine scored second on a fabulous C9duP evening. The bouquet has beautiful fruits and garrigue as well as a beautiful dose of oak. On the palate dark berry fruits, beautiful garrigue, chocolate and currants, a firm amount of sweetness, but also beautiful acidity. Beautifully dosed oak and soft and round tannin with still a good bite. A very beautiful wine and the oak needs a few more years to integrate perfectly. This is a great and well balanced wine. The only negative remark I can make is that there is a bit heat in the finish. Unfortunately no bottles of this in my cellar, but if I had any I would wait until 2019 or a bit longer. 93 – 94+
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Comment posted by Champagneinhand:
3/13/2015 2:50:00 PM - I have 2 in the cellar, so I appreciate the note. I wasted a perfectly good bottle of 2007 Clos du Papes, for an event and it was a hot mess, but it had so much potential, unfortunately it got lost in all the wines we had that night in Charleston. I am holding all my 2007 CdP, even the medicine-like Cuvee du Vatican, Chateau Beaucastel and others. I wished I had purchased more from 2009. I think that year will turn out just as good with time.
Comment posted by Zweder:
3/13/2015 3:09:00 PM - This was the last wine of a C9 tasting which was supposed to be a comparison between 2007 and 2009. But most members of this tasting group own 2007 and not 2009. We had 7x 2007, 4x 2009, 2 pirates, one 1990 and a white. Notes will follow soon. And 2009 definitely is a beautiful vintage as well. Cheers.
Comment posted by centvins:
3/14/2015 3:12:00 AM - I'll see you in autum 2019