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Chateauneuf du Pape Chateau Beaucastel 1985

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Chateauneuf du Pape Chateau Beaucastel (1985)

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Winery:
Chateau de Beaucastel
Varietal:
Rhone Blend
Region:
France > Rhone Valley > Southern Rhône > Châteauneuf-du-pape
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2015
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The Grand Vin of the Southern Rhone Valley, Châteauneuf is perhaps the quintessential blended wine. With 13 varieties of grapes allowed, 15 if you included both the light and dark skinned varieties of Grenache and Picpoul, each winemaker has the ability to craft a unique and distinct interpretation of the soils and climates of the region. While few producers use all or even most of the 13 varieties, most rely on Grenache to form the heart and soul of their wines. These are rather big and distinctly warm climate wines that are rich with alcohol. The tannins of Grenache are modest, so many of these wines require little aging to be enjoyed; yet many can improve over the course of a decade. Typically one finds rich strawberry and red cherry tones in Châteauneuf with complicating notes of herbs and lavender, frequently referred to as "garrigue". There are frequently notes of game, leather and tar, typical of Syrah and Mourvedre - two other important components of many wines.

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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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With a very youthful initial pop of butter tinged graham cracker this quickly settles down revealing sweet and sour cherried fruit with medicinal and root beer tones. A bit of alcoholic heat compared to the older wines. There is a toffeed sweetness to the nose conveying a sense of ripeness though this offers up nice minerality and fine complexity with its gamey, peppery, black tea notes. In the mouth this is it’s typical round and friendly self. The acidity is on the soft side and the tannins are fine and ripe. Filled with relatively simple black fruits this is fun but lacks complexity though it read more...


November 2008

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Excellent nose. Very good wine. Really enjoyed drinking and smell.


July 2009

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Exciting gamey nose with a complex sweetness on the palate. Perfectly mature but still long and flavoursome.


February 2009

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Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed in Rhone Book # B3 on Jan-97


 

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Rating: 91/100 - As reviewed in eRobertParker.com # E2003 on Jan-03


 

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Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 103 on Feb-96


 

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Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 80 on Apr-92


 

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