This Week's THURSDAY Tasting
Ch. Beaucastel Chateauneuf & Friends
September 28, 2023
With Emmanuel Lemoine of the estate. Chateau de Beaucastel has been one of the benchmarks and best wines of the southern Rhone's Chateauneuf du Pape for decades. At our offices at 1 State Street, 5 - 6:30pm.
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This Week
Thu Sept 28 Winemaker Tasting- Ch Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape and other Top Wines from the Perrin Family
In our offices at 1 State Street, 5:00 - 6:30pm
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Tasting Tonight
Ch. Beaucastel Chateauneuf & Friends
with Emmanuel Lemoine of the estate
2021 Famille Perrin Cotes du Rhone Villages
2020 Perrin Vinsobres
2020 Perrin Clos de Tourelles Gigondas
2020 Perrin Chateauneuf du Pape Les Sinards CDP
2020 Perrin Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape
2020 Beaucastel Hommage a Jacques Perrin
THURSDAY Sept 28 5:00- 6:30
In our office 1 State St.
Len writes,
Chateau de Beaucastel has been one of the benchmarks and best wines of the southern Rhone's Chateauneuf du Pape for decades. Founded in the 16th, the Perrin family has owned it since 1909. Unlike most other Chateauneuf du Papes, Beaucastel subsumes the Grenache grape under different varieties, sometimes using all thirteen permitted grapes. Thus, their wines are bolder, spicier, and more complex than many of their peers.
More recently, the fifth generation of the Perrin family expanded the domain, acquiring more vineyards in Chateauneuf and neighboring communes
They have modernized the winery and evolved their formerly age-demanding wines to be more accessible younger. On tasting some current releases, I felt that they had succeeded in that, at the same time, essential spicy character that was the hallmark of the 20th-century version.
We are delighted to welcome Emmanuel Lemoine from the winery, to lead us through a tasting of some current Perrin releases.
The Perrins feel that their 2020s rank among the best their estates have ever produced. Of the vintages going back to 1983 I have tasted, I think that they may be right.
We'll taste six estate wines from a youthfully hearty Cotes du Rhone villages through Gigondas and Chateauneuf, culminating in the outstanding 2020 Beaucastel and the Grand Vin Hommage a Jacques Perrin a strict single parcel selection only made in the finest vintages. It might be the finest wine from Beaucastel I have ever tasted.
The Famille Perrin Cotes du Rhone Villages is a structured hearty wine that is half each Syrah and grenache, drawn from the appelations Cairanne and Vinsobres.
The 2020 Vinsobres, from the same grape blend, is richer and smoother, almost silky to the tongue.
The 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape les Sinards is made from younger vines from Beaucastel enriched with grapes from a newly acquired vineyard. It is as good as some other estates' Grand vin.
The 2020 Gigondas Clos de Tourelles was flown in, especially for our tasting. It is a single vineyard at the foot of the commune. I have not yet tasted it, so include a critic's notes below.
The two estate Beaucastels are sumptuous. You do not want to miss them. You can appreciate them now, but both need time to show their stuff
Famille Perrin
2021 Cotes du Rhone Villages; Aroma: light, clean piercing aromas, fresh and lifted, pretty; Mouth: clean, light direct, bright acid clean, very good drive, fine acid, long direct; Very Good $15.99; Case, $13.59
2020 Vinsobres Les Cornuds; Aroma: heady and rich, softer than CDRV, fresh and in, spicy tense very full, fat, clean; Mouth: bright, pure fresh, fairly taut, very rich and heavy; Very Good Plus $21; Case, $17.99
2020 Gigondas Les Tourelles; "Garrigue, herbs, and peppery red fruit, with a strong underbrush accent on the nose. The wine is fresh, ripe, easy to like, and offers sweet cherries and strawberries with a touch of olive on the palate and finish. This can be enjoyed on release."; $69 Special $59 Net Prearrival
2021 Chateauneuf du Pape les Sinards; Aroma: heady, very bright, intense clean, very firm, low toned, rich, very, heady very rich, fresh and fragrant; Mouth: very set very intense, pure, fine acid, soft textured, bright and long; Excellent$56; Special $48 Net
2020 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape; Color: very dark black; Aroma: very aromatic, very rich and intense, full bright acid; Mouth: very ripe, intense fine, clean fine tannins, thick fruit, a finesse of acid, steely, smooth, and concentrated, long; Outstanding $120; Special $99 Net
2020 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin;
« a monumental effort. It dazzles with pristine aromas of rose water, crushed violets, red and black cherry, blueberry, forest strawberry, licorice, dried lavender, bay leaves, sage, black olive, and cardamom. Firmly formed like a skyscraper, the wine continuously builds on the palate, exposing layer upon layer of jewel-like fruit. As the taste develops, pixelated tannins enter the scene, adding to the wine's seamless mouthfeel. Despite the elevated flavor concentration, the wine is so light on its feet that tasting it is an almost ethereal moment." Vinous
Color: very dark black; Aroma: sumptuous, heady, and intense, very full, layered notes of leather and mint; Outstanding-Superb $625, Special $525 Net Very limited
Special Net prices are per bottle, good through next week only
No quantity required
Gigondas is pre arrival in weeks
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- Len Rothenberg
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