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Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin Beaucastel 300cl 2016
HED50463
300 cl
14.5%
£2,110.00
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Château de Beaucastel is one of the oldest and finest estates in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. 1989 saw the debut release of the flagship wine, Hommage a Jacques Perrin, which is only made in the best years and has production of around 350 cases on average. 2016 was a truly exceptional vintage and this is a sublime follow-up to the immense 2015. As is the norm, this is a blend with a high proportion of Mourvedre and this gives a profoundly complex savoury streak to otherwise abundant waves of wonderfully seductive red and black fruits. With a weave of perfectly ripe tannins and a pep of bright acidity, this is absurdly delicious to drink already but, undeniably, the best lies in wait.
99 Jancis Robinson
Tasted three weeks after bottling, I couldn't quite bring myself to give the elusive three-digit score to this admittedly super wine. Perhaps once the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin has been in bottle a bit longer, as Mourvèdre seems to go into a bit of a funk when recently bottled. For now, it's merely profound, packing in savory, mossy nuances, hints of exotic dried spices like star anise and cardamom and layers of rich, plummy fruit that manage to be full-bodied and deliciously intense without being weighty or overwrought. Creamy, lush, intense and long, it's a tdf (tour de force) in CdP.Joe Czerwinski31st August 2018
98 Vinous
Deep vivid magenta. A highly complex bouquet displays candied black and blue fruits, incense and musky earth aromas; violet, licorice and Indian spice notes build in the glass. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering deeply concentrated, mineral-laced blueberry, cherry compote, fruitcake and floral pastille flavors that are given spicy lift and bite by a late peppery flourish. Tightens up slowly on a strikingly long, chewy, floral-driven finish framed by dusty, steadily building tannins.Josh Raynolds1st December 2019
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