The Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Château de Beaucastel is a classic among Rhône wines, famous for its phenomenal quality and great aging potential. What is special about Beaucastel is its 70 hectare vineyard in one piece. It is also one of the few wineries in Châteauneuf-du-Pape that grows all thirteen permitted grape varieties and usually also uses them in the final wines.
A large proportion of the red Châteauneuf-du-Pape is made up of the Mourvedre grape variety, a powerful variety that produces dark wines with distinctive tannins. This usually makes the Beaucastel more robust than its neighbors, which rely more on the gentle Grenache Noir. The wines at Chateau de Beaucastel are aged in large barrels; barriques are not used. The wines have been certified organic since the 2020 vintage.
The 2021 vintage is once again a really big one; stylistically it is more similar to the cooler years of the 1980s and 1990s. It has freshness, precision and a lot of pressure in the extract, as well as perfectly mature tannins, very long and delicate. Should develop positively over many years to decades.
Distributor: PERRIN ET FILS SAS, Château de Beaucastel, Chemin de Beaucastel 84350 Courthezon France Product from France - contains sulphites. Organic wine FR-BIO-01
