Château de Beaucastel
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend
Deep ruby, clean, medium (+) intensity, black cherries, jamminess, cloves, meat and some wood on the nose; dry, medium (-) acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, black cherries and plums, baked fruits, dried herbs, wood and game on the palate, medium (+) body and intensity; smooth, very good quality
Deep ruby, clean, medium (+) intensity, black cherries, jamminess, cloves, meat and some wood on the nose; dry, medium (-) acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, black cherries and plums, baked fruits, dried herbs, wood and game on the palate, medium (+) body and intensity; smooth, very good quality
Oct 8th, 2016Spicy saline twang, plenty of traction on the mid palate
Spicy saline twang, plenty of traction on the mid palate
Oct 14th, 20152012. Dust, red fruit, herbs. This wine has it all. Drink it in 5 years
2012. Dust, red fruit, herbs. This wine has it all. Drink it in 5 years
Jun 29th, 2015Super young and guess Telegraph blind but meaty and fine.
Super young and guess Telegraph blind but meaty and fine.
May 16th, 2015Has a bit of that animal that beaucastel is so well known for lots of mixed berry fruit, wild flowes and herbs still very youthful the 2001 is showing a bit of age some dried meats and an array of dried flowers maybe starting its second stage in life secondary flavors the soils becoming more apparent truffle forest floor after the rains tobacco leaves. These two vintages are similar
Has a bit of that animal that beaucastel is so well known for lots of mixed berry fruit, wild flowes and herbs still very youthful the 2001 is showing a bit of age some dried meats and an array of dried flowers maybe starting its second stage in life secondary flavors the soils becoming more apparent truffle forest floor after the rains tobacco leaves. These two vintages are similar
Apr 21st, 2015Quince white peach fruit white flowers honeysuckle and rock like mineral 10% white wine made here mostly roussanne on limestone extracts the mineral salt and sea bead very rich buttered brioche mango very exotic a slightly oily texture iodine like character the vv is made from one parcel planted in 1909. Very complex with rich and still quite fresh this wine ages very well but does go through a dormant oxidative phase 8-10 years after the vintage.
Quince white peach fruit white flowers honeysuckle and rock like mineral 10% white wine made here mostly roussanne on limestone extracts the mineral salt and sea bead very rich buttered brioche mango very exotic a slightly oily texture iodine like character the vv is made from one parcel planted in 1909. Very complex with rich and still quite fresh this wine ages very well but does go through a dormant oxidative phase 8-10 years after the vintage.
Apr 21st, 2015