1996 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  3/18/2024 - La Sprezzatura wrote: 94 Points

  Beaucastel Tasting Wunderbrunnen Opfikon
  
  general remarks:
  the wines are in general more on the elegant side. red berric. high acidity. almost no wood (they only use 5000+ liters „foudres“) intermixed with some spices and flowery aromas. especially the older vintages gave me some "burgundy vibes". there was some bottle variation (some oxidative bottles), especially with some warmer and better rated vintages such as 1995 and 1999…
  the younger the wines got the more similar they became and were hard to distinguish. also hard to tell where the younger vintages will end up in future. highlights were 1991 and 1996 (both 94 points).
  
  in the cellar they use as low intervention as possible. every grape gets fermented on its own. they choose oxidative or reductive ageing for each grape separately according to the characteristics of the grape.
  the chateau is owned and ran by the family perrin (7 ppl).
  
  Tasting note Beaucastel 1996:
  according to the according to the representative this was again a cooler vintage.
  more ripe than the 1991 and more spices and cloves, youthful on the nose, some mature, red berries, still fresh and elegant. almost no wood. this is nice and my style.
  on the palate it has quite high complexity, acidity is super high, and therefore also very high drink flow as we like it. burgundian style.
  it has distincitve pepper and spice aromas, this gave me cab franc vibes as it had some vegetable aromas such as paprika, some rose leaves… nice and comple and very long. very enjoyable.
  
  is ready now can still be held for more years.

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  3/9/2024 - astroman wrote: 91 Points

  Hawker Food Night: Blind, gamey, meaty, savory with rustic palate.

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  3/9/2024 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points

  Hawker night at Caroline's: Brought for the host. Wasn't expecting much since aged CDPs can be a crapshoot, but was pleasantly surprised at how fresh this was. Clean nose, slightly plummy but vibrant blackcurrant fruit, tannins were resolved but still had a very good backbone.

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  11/23/2023 - eyeguy Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Brought to friend’s house for Thanksgiving (Jean). Once it opened, it was fabulous! Still lots of fruit, no tannins, just delicious!

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  5/7/2023 - Dr Yes wrote:

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