2012 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hommage à Jacques Perrin, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône

The wine of the vintage is the Perrins 2012 Chteauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin, and it will most likely merit a perfect rating in another couple of years. Full-bodied, massive and layered on the palate, with awesome purity and freshness, it delivers incredible aromatics of beef blood, truffle, graphite, iron and black and blue fruits. Given all of the fruit and texture, you almost have to hunt for the structure here, but trust me, its there. The tasting at Beaucastel took place a 9 a.m., and even then, this is one wine I found impossible to spit. Its a tour de force that will have 3-4 decades of life.jeb_dunnuck - 31/10/2014