- Colour Red
- Producer Château de Beaucastel
- Region Côtes du Rhône
- Grape Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre and others
- Drinking 2019 - 2025
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
2016 - Côtes du Rhône Rouge Coudoulet de Beaucastel Perrin - 12x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Château de Beaucastel
- Region Côtes du Rhône
- Grape Grenache / Syrah / Mourvèdre and others
- Drinking 2019 - 2025
- Case size 12x75cl
- Available Now
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Goedhuis, October 2017
From a parcel that lies just beyond the boundary of the Châteauneuf appellation, but is actually an extension of Beaucastel’s single block. A blend of 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah and 20% Cinsault, this has an elegant floral aroma, with lavender and violets on the nose. The palate is smooth and refined, and the tannins are velvety in nature. Finishing with a juicy succulent length, the 2016 is a really excellent example of this ‘mini’ Beaucastel.
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Wine Advocate, October 2017, Score: 91-93
Potentially the best Coudoulet I've ever tasted, the 2016 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel tasted from foudre was singing. Sourced from 80-year-old vines just outside the Châteauneuf boundary, it's incredibly long and rich for a Côtes du Rhône. Black olives, blackberries and spices fill out the palate of this wine, which must surely be considered a bargain when released.
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John Livingstone-Learmonth, October 2017, Score: 4.5 stars
Bright, dark red robe. Has a really upbeat, forward nose that bounds out with blackberry, pure fruit, prune indicating its ripeness. There is a jelly-like quality, and a low-key dusty trail presence. The palate offers gourmand, tasty black berry fruits with attractive tannins adding depth and dimension. This is full of beans, up there as a leading Côtes du Rhône 2016, with panache, and good, extended length. There are notes of licorice – Mourvèdre – on the finish.
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
Côtes du Rhône
The largest of the Rhône appellations, it is also has the most breadth and variety in its styles. Its hierarchy ranges from the fruity and ultra light Côtes du Rhône Primeur (made by carbonic maceration), to the standard Côtes du Rhône, to the more concentrated versions of Côtes du Rhône Villages and Côtes du Rhône Villages with 1 of 16 specified villages attached to the label. It is generally known for its fruit forwardness and easy drinkability. Most of the vineyards are found in the southern valley whose main variety is Grenache; however, there are smaller areas in the northern valley that uniquely grow Syrah, therefore producing a very different wine.
