chateauneuf du pape hommage a jacques perrin

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf du Pape, Hommage à Jacques Perrin, 2012

Name: Châteauneuf du Pape, Hommage à Jacques Perrin
Brand: Château de Beaucastel
Price: 636.36 GBP

96/100

Vinous

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2012
3x75cl
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£636.36

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A blend of 60% Mourvedre with the rest made up of Grenache and Syrah. Always a Mourvedre dominated blend, the Hommage is the result of a careful vineyard selection of Beaucastel’s best fruit always with the Mourvedre element dominating the blend. A maximum of 400 cases a re made each year. The wine is aged, like Beaucastel, in large old wooden foudres but for 8 months longer than Beaucastel itself. 2012 is a great Chateauneuf vintage and this does the year every bit of justice, surly dark fruit liquorice and star anise spice on the nose, the palate is deep and concentrated yet bright and gloriously uplifting. Clean, clear cut flavours not as big or heavy as you might from top Chateauneuf cuvee in a top year and all the better for it, wonderfully fresh peppery dark and red berry fruits, a nice gentle sweetness but not at all cloying. This is a real beauty with a seamless power and energy pulsating right the way through it.

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Critic Reviews

96/100

Josh Raynolds,

Vinous

Dark purple. Powerful aromas of cherry liqueur, licorice pastille and pungent flowers, with exotic Indian spice and mocha overtones. Dense, sweet and broad, offering intense black and blue fruit preserve, violet and spicecake flavors enlivened by juicy acidity. Fine-grained tannins build slowly through the clinging, appealingly sweet finish, which shows outstanding clarity and persistence and lingering florality. One of the standouts of the vintage and surprisingly approachable for this bottling, although drinking it before its tenth birthday would seem like a shame to me.

drinking window 2022 - 2035

date of review 04/2015

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Rhone

Appellation:

Châteauneuf du Pape

Producer:

Château de Beaucastel

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Grenache/Syrah

abv:

15.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.