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Date Printed: 10/14/2008
(search item no. 93686)
organic wine
collectible wine
Wine Spectator rating: 96 points
The Wine Advocate rating: 94 points
PRICE ON 10/14/2008: $99.00

ratings pedigree (past vintages):
2004 Wine Spectator rating: 96 points
2004 The Wine Advocate rating: 93 points
2004 International Wine Cellar rating: 93 points
2003 Wine Enthusiast rating: 95 points
2003 International Wine Cellar rating: 93 points
2003 The Wine Advocate rating: 92 points
2003 Wine & Spirits rating: 91 points
2001 The Wine Advocate rating: 96 points
2000 The Wine Advocate rating: 94 points
2000 International Wine Cellar rating: 93 points
1999 International Wine Cellar rating: 92 points
1999 The Wine Advocate rating: 91 points
1998 Wine Spectator rating: 94 points
1998 International Wine Cellar rating: 93 points

Winemaker's Notes:

 "The 2005 Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape is a wine that probably needs 7-10 years of bottle age. Possibly the most backward and closed Beaucastel made since the 1995, the wine has very high tannins, seems totally closed aromatically, but in the mouth is a weighty wine exhibiting a dense ruby/purple color and tight aromatics consisting of new saddle leather, porcini, meat juices, licorice, tar, and black fruits. The wine is full-bodied, powerful, very tannic, and structured in a dramatically masculine, ageworthy style. This is one for the younger generation or those with considerable patience. I can't see it being close to drinkable before 2014 and lasting up to 30 or more years."
Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
94 Points

"Really dense and locked up now, this is packed with dark fig, currant and blackberry fruit shrouded by layers of tar, hot stone, bittersweet licorice and espresso. The long, dense finish has a great tug of iron buried within it. Best from 2011 through 2030."
Wine Spectator
96 Points
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About Ch. de Beaucastel:

 In 1549, "Noble Pierre de Beaucastel" bought "a barn with its land holdings, containing 25 saumées at Coudoulet". More than four centuries later, this remarkable domaine, known today as Château de Beaucastel, is producing what most people acknowledge to be the finest wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

In 1903, a young chemical engineer and mathematics professor named Pierre Perrin, together with his father-in-law, began to restore the domaine following the ravages of phylloxera. His son, Jacques Perrin, took over the domaine in 1953 and introduced many innovations such as improved grape varietals, integrated pest control, and a flash-heat exchanger.

Today, the third and fourth generations of Perrins, François and Jean-Pierre and Jean-Pierre's sons Pierre, Marc and Thomas, continue in the tradition of their father and grandfather. The vineyards of Beaucastel are treated as a garden: no chemical fertilizer, no chemical week killers or sprays are permitted. Organic fertilizer comes from compost and only a minimum of traditional sulphur-copper spray is used in the vineyards.

The vineyards are planted in all the traditional grapes of Châteauneuf-du-Pape: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Cinsault, Vaccarese, Counoise, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardin, Bourboulenc, Roussanne.