2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hommage à Jacques Perrin, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Mourvèdre (75%),Syrah (10%),Grenache (10%),Counoise (5%)
Not ready
- Jane Anson MW
- 96/100
- Jeb Dunnuck
- 95-97+/100
- Joe Czerwinski
- 97-99/100
- Georgie Hindle
- 98/100
- James Suckling
- 99/100
Product: 20208006778
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Mourvèdre (75%),Syrah (10%),Grenache (10%),Counoise (5%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château de Beaucastel
Critics reviews
Jane Anson MW 96/100
Beaucastel continues to set the bar for what Châteauneuf du Pape can do, and it is delivering a superb 2020 vintage of Hommage à Jacques Perrin here, using grapes from a dedicated 4ha of the property. Characterful smoked earth, dried herbs, grilled blackberry and blueberry fruits, immediately setting out the effortless way that these soils cope with the heat, and turn it into an important part of the personality. Relax and take your time with this wine, as it stretches out, deepening as it goes. So much complexity and teasing power. Director Charles Perrin, winemaker César Perrin.Drink 2024 to 2042jane_anson_mw, janeanson_com (August 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2042
Jeb Dunnuck 95-97+/100
The deep, inky hued 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is up with the crème de la crème in the vintage and just screams Mourvèdre with its layers of blue fruits, pepper, iron, and gamey, wild herb aromas and flavors. It’s full-bodied, has terrific purity, building tannins, and a great finish. It will have some educational appeal in its youth due to its balance and purity, but it deserves a decade in the cellar.jeb_dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (Mar 2021)
Drink 2024 - 2042
Joe Czerwinski 97-99/100
Tasted from foudre, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is approximately 60% Mourvèdre (from the same parcel, year after year), with the balance a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Counoise. Ripe plums and truffle-like notes mark the nose, while the palate is full-bodied and rich, with a long, velvety finish. Showing even more complexity and length than the regular bottling, there's a chance this could reach a triple-digit score down the road.Drink 2025 - 2040Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (May 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2042
Georgie Hindle 98/100
Gorgeous florality on the nose, fresh rose petals and sweet red fruits, so beguiling and tempting. Beautiful fragranced fruit on the palate, the roses really continue all the way, edging the fruit and giving the palate such scent. Tannins are smooth and well integrated and this has a gorgeous texture, full and generous but silky smooth and so delectable. Excellent acidity gives freshness and energy and underpins the flavours giving a lovely hit of spiced liquorice, caramelised nuts and cola cubes. Feels really well worked, intense and concentrated but excellent definition and focus. A stylish and seductive wine. Hold onto for a few years. 5% Counoise completes the blend.Drink 2025 - 2048Georgina Hindle, Decanter.com (Jul 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2042
James Suckling 99/100
Enveloping nose of super-ripe orange, pomegranate and cigar leaf that’s still very youthful and needs time to reveal its myriad nuances. Also notes of licorice, dried herbs and rose petals. Enormous concentration, silkiness and finesse on the expansive palate. Extravagant in the best sense of that word! The finish gets finer, the closer it gets to infinity. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (Feb 2022)
Drink 2024 - 2042
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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Chateau de Beaucastel
The Perrin family of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are one of the Rhône Valley’s greatest vineyard owners. With over 200 hectares of top level, prime vineyards at their fingertips, they have the terroir and skill required to produce some of the region’s finest wines.
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