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1988 Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Coudoulet de Beaucastel
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Côtes du Rhône
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Community Tasting Notes 5
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seijaro Likes this wine: 93 points
May 4, 2017 - Another bottle (2 more left) decanted 2 hours... clear nose of toasted bread :) Still has an underlying sweetness and kind of hints at Beaucastel, quite fun to drink. Began to fade after three hours.
At the time the price was less than half of its big brother, a bargain. One year Beaucastel had more than CDP allows, so dumped the excess into Coudoulet.
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seijaro Likes this wine: 94 points
April 15, 2017 - Wow, what a surprise! Found six bottles in the cellar, brought one up to try, loved it! Lots of sediment. Great nose of cranberries that came through to the taste, plus sour cherries. Clean and crisp CDP taste, a pleasure to drink. Still going after 90 minutes.
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thomaskeil wrote: 88 points
June 10, 2011 - PnP. Brownish red (translucent). Surprised to find this so fresh and the structure so intact. Cedar, earth, spice and some red fruit. Bright acidity and fairly firm tannins. Medium light fruit on entry that fades against the structure by midpalate, towards the finish. Would rate 95 for the pleasant surprise factor alone, but on merit is just very good. Was fine with pasta/red sauce.
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Hanover wrote: 88 points
January 17, 2011 - A pleasant surprise for fast drinking - soft cedary nose and taste with fruit lasting through a lingering finish - but the fruit disappeared in 30 minutes, leaving not much flavor or (fortunately) wine.
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bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 points
August 22, 1999 - 8 Rhone Reds Tasted (Walnut Creek, Ca.): Nose of cedar, allspice, and forest floor, medium body, same on the palate, tasty, fully mature, medium/long finish. My #2 of 8.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Château de Beaucastel
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Coudoulet de Beaucastel
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Côtes du Rhône
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (2%)
- In Cellars 32 (63%)
- Consumed 18 (35%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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- ProducerChâteau de Beaucastel
- VarietyRed Rhone Blend
- DesignationCoudoulet de Beaucastel
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationCôtes du Rhône
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- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
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