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2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Mourvèdre (30%),Grenache (30%),Syrah (15%),Counoise (10%),Cinsault (5%),Other Varieties (10%)
Not ready
Alistair Cooper MW
17.5/20
Matt Walls
96/100
Product: 20218007371
2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Château de Beaucastel, Rhône

Description

This wine is produced with grapes grown from a single, 110-hectare plot to the north of the appellation. The Mourvèdre dominant blend (40%), in fact, contains all 13 permitted varieties of the appellation. The nose is beautifully fragrant with redcurrants, blueberries, and strawberries. Darker forest fruits, white pepper and a hint of spice emerge on the palate with firm but glossy tannins. Drink 2024 to 2040. 
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Mourvèdre (30%),Grenache (30%),Syrah (15%),Counoise (10%),Cinsault (5%),Other Varieties (10%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château de Beaucastel

Critics reviews

Alistair Cooper MW 17.5/20
Cask sample. Very inviting nose, liquorice, dark crushed cassis, leather, strawberry jam – earthy dark spice. A supple and ripe palate with good freshness and acidity throughout. Tight and fine, firm tannins, dark fruits, liquorice, thyme and a ripe savoury-tinged finish. Wonderful. 2028-2040Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com (October 2022)
Drink 2028 - 2040
Alistair Cooper MW, JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2022)
Matt Walls 96/100
A deep, quite herbal expression, with liquorice and crushed blueberries to the cassis fruit. Full-bodied, powerfully fruited, dense and deep. Really mouthcoating, intense fruit. The tannins are ripe, fine and plentiful, all saturated in blackberry juice on a long finish. Certainly one of the more successful Châteauneufs this year. Will age well. A Mourvèdre-led expression of Beaucastel - it contains more than usual, at least 35% and probably more. Grenache and Cinsault fermented in cement, Syrah and Mourvèdre fermented in foudre.2020-2045matt_walls, Decanter (October 2022)
Drink 2028 - 2040
Matt Walls, Decanter.com (Oct 2022)

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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