2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Mourvèdre (30%),Grenache (30%),Syrah (10%),Counoise (10%),Cinsault (5%),Other Varieties (15%)
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 18/20
- Jeb Dunnuck
- 96/100
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150 cl Magnum
300 cl Jeroboam
Description
Our 2012 Rhône Vintage Recommendation: Favourite Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Lovely dense blackberry Mourvedre fruit on the nose with an amazing amount of pure fruit on the palate too ; the most I can remember from a vintage of Beaucastel. Intense with great balance and dexterity, crisp acidity and fine ripe tannins. This will perhaps be more forward than many vintages of this wine, but only time will tell.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager
Respectfully reserved, this has that understated quality only to be expected from Château de Beaucastel’s flagship wine. While it tastes closed today, there’s an awful lot more to come, this would be one to secure in magnums for drinking late, late into the 2020s.
Tom Cave, Cellar Plan Manager
All 13 varieties are, we are assured, included in the final assemblage of this famous wine, with, of the lesser shareholders, Counoise and Vaccarèse especially favoured, lending, as they do, smoky intensity and spicy grip to the ensemble. It is fascinating to taste the individual varieties, one by one, and to assess how they may influence the assemblage. Blending day at Beaucastel must be an extraordinary experience, given the quality of its results.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
It is hard not to like the Perrins, be it the genial Marc, the technical Pierre, the urbane François, or any other member of this extended and delightful family. The winery evokes a cathedral, rather like some of the Bodegas in Jerez, with its crypt full of maturing bottles which almost recalls Champagne. Most impressive of all, however, is the honesty, humility and industry of the whole team, who will never rest on their laurels. The happy corollary of this is the quality of the wines, which, amazingly, just keeps getting better and better…
Lovely dense blackberry Mourvedre fruit on the nose with an amazing amount of pure fruit on the palate too ; the most I can remember from a vintage of Beaucastel. Intense with great balance and dexterity, crisp acidity and fine ripe tannins. This will perhaps be more forward than many vintages of this wine, but only time will tell.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager
Respectfully reserved, this has that understated quality only to be expected from Château de Beaucastel’s flagship wine. While it tastes closed today, there’s an awful lot more to come, this would be one to secure in magnums for drinking late, late into the 2020s.
Tom Cave, Cellar Plan Manager
All 13 varieties are, we are assured, included in the final assemblage of this famous wine, with, of the lesser shareholders, Counoise and Vaccarèse especially favoured, lending, as they do, smoky intensity and spicy grip to the ensemble. It is fascinating to taste the individual varieties, one by one, and to assess how they may influence the assemblage. Blending day at Beaucastel must be an extraordinary experience, given the quality of its results.
Simon Field MW, Rhône Wine Buyer
It is hard not to like the Perrins, be it the genial Marc, the technical Pierre, the urbane François, or any other member of this extended and delightful family. The winery evokes a cathedral, rather like some of the Bodegas in Jerez, with its crypt full of maturing bottles which almost recalls Champagne. Most impressive of all, however, is the honesty, humility and industry of the whole team, who will never rest on their laurels. The happy corollary of this is the quality of the wines, which, amazingly, just keeps getting better and better…
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Alcohol % 14.5
Grape List Mourvèdre (30%),Grenache (30%),Syrah (10%),Counoise (10%),Cinsault (5%),Other Varieties (15%)
Body Full Bodied
Property Château de Beaucastel
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 18/20
Very dark crimson. Vibrant colour is almost black. Black olives and smoked bacon. Extremely vibrant on the nose too. Luscious ripe fruit on the front palate almost completely covers the tannins. Really quite remarkable. What a different wine from the 2011! Sumptuous. jancis_robinson_mw MW, jancisrobsinson.com - Jan 2014
Jeb Dunnuck 96/100
What I think might end up being the best Beaucastel since the 1990 or 2001, the 2012 Chteauneuf du Pape offers a full-bodied, decadent style to go with awesome black and blue fruits, garrigue, licorice, crushed flowers and violets. The purity here is truly something, and it has fabulous mid-palate concentration, building tannin and massive texture. Given all of the fruit and texture here, it will no doubt drink well in its youth, but it should still be alive and kicking after two decades as well.jeb_dunnuck - 31/10/2014
About this wine
Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre, aka Monastrell in Spain, is a common blending partner of Syrah and Grenache (aka Garnacha in Spain). In Australia and California it can also appear under the name Mataro. Mourvèdre's bastion in France is Bandol, where it reigns supreme in the red blends and yielding a savoury, gamey, herby wine. It also commonly features in Southern Rhône, Languedoc & Rousillon blends. The grape needs a warm climate to ripen fully. Its stronghold in Spain are the appellations along the south-east Mediterranean(Murcia, Jumilla, Bullas), where it produces rosé, dry red and sweet fortified wines. Monastrell has played a significant part in Spain’s vinous heritage; it nurtures wines that are deep in colour and richly tannic, sometimes overbearing in their intensity and concentration
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