- Colour White
- Producer Château de Beaucastel
- Region Châteauneuf du Pape
- Grape Roussanne
- Drinking 2019 - 2035
- Case size 3x75cl
- Available Now
2016 - Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc Roussanne Vieilles Vignes Ch de Beaucastel - 3x75cl
- Colour White
- Producer Château de Beaucastel
- Region Châteauneuf du Pape
- Grape Roussanne
- Drinking 2019 - 2035
- Case size 3x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, October 2017
Unusually for a Châteauneuf this is not a blend, and comes solely from a 3 hectare parcel of very old Roussanne vines (85 years) within the Beaucastel estate. These vines produce tiny yields and take slightly longer to ripen their fruit, which means they can develop extraordinary phenolic complexity. The fruit’s heightened intensity is matched by ageing in 50% new French oak, where precision in the vineyard and cellar blend in perfect harmony. Its long, echoing finish has a salty, mineral reverberation, and lingers long on the palate. This should age magnificently.
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Wine Advocate, October 2017, Score: 96
The 500-case production of this wine comes from a three-hectare parcel of Roussanne planted in 1909. The 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes takes the quality of Beaucastel's traditional white and raises it another level. Caramelized pineapple sounds sweet and cloying, but it isn't when it's backed by amazing texture, citrus zest and a briny sensation on the never-ending finish. As this was the last wine of my visit to the estate, I found it especially hard to spit out. Drink Date 2017 - 2030
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John Livingstone-Learmonth, October 2017, Score: 5 stars
Fine yellow colour, legs visible. There is quiet intensity on the nose – peach, nectarine, with some gunflint, cooked lemon. It breathes the vinosity of old vines accurately. It’s wide and not showy. The palate is well enclosed with stylish gras richness, all very orderly, and extending with stealthy depth. The texture is oily, belle, and the finish produces suave gras with discreetly firm edges. I would skip its first youth. It holds fine and concentrated juice on the late stages. The balance is good.
Producer
Château de Beaucastel
Château de Beaucastel, the flagship estate of the Perrin family and masters on the Southern Rhône, makes benchmark Châteauneuf. The best vintages here can age into legendary wines, and an increasing tendency to elegance in the winemaking style of recent years has not gone unnoticed. The Beaucastel vines are all in one large 110 hectare block at the northern end of the Châteauneuf du Pape appellation. The plot contains all t...Read more
Château de Beaucastel, the flagship estate of the Perrin family and masters on the Southern Rhône, makes benchmark Châteauneuf. The best vintages here can age into legendary wines, and an increasing tendency to elegance in the winemaking style of recent years has not gone unnoticed. The Beaucastel vines are all in one large 110 hectare block at the northern end of the Châteauneuf du Pape appellation. The plot contains all the archetypal soil types of the region: sand, clay and limestone, with pudding stone pebbles on the surface. Their Coudoulet vines lie just beyond the northern boundary and convey much of the typicity of a Châteauneuf in a more accessible format. The estate famously grows all thirteen varieties permitted within the Châteauneuf appellation. Beyond the Beaucastel estate, the Perrin family have built up a comprehensive portfolio of wines across the Southern Rhône appellations including Gigondas, Vacqueyras and Vinsobres.Read less
Region
Châteauneuf du Pape
The emperor of southern Rhône appellations, Châteauneuf du Pape was the first A.O.C. in all of France, created in 1936. Their bottle is unique embossed with the papal coat of arms. Thirteen varieties (14 if Grenache Blanc is counted separately) can be incorporated in the blend. The reds include: Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Cinsault, Terret Noir, Picpoul, Vaccarèse, Counoise, Muscardin, while the whites are Roussanne, Bourboulenc and Clairette. Only a handful of producers use all 13, Grenache often being the highest percentage of the blend. This enables each producer to highlight the varieties that are the ripest and most interesting in any given year. Most Châteauneuf du Pâpes are master examples of wines that can be approachable within the first few years of release yet able to develop superb complexity during many years of cellaring.
