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Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château de Beaucastel, Roussanne Vieilles Vignes, Perrin - Château de Beaucastel 2018

Tasting Notes

The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc Roussanne Vieilles Vignes is all Roussanne and comes from a three-hectare parcel of vines planted in 1901. It offers a heavenly bouquet of white currants, white flowers, honeysuckle, and toasted bread that opens up beautifully with time in the glass. Rich, full-bodied, powerful and concentrated, it stays perfectly balanced on the palate and has that rare sense of richness paired with freshness that’s the hallmark of truly great wines.

95/97
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, August 2019

Honeysuckle, beeswax and bloog orange on the nose. Thick, dense and rich on the palate, with a chalky texture and wasabi spice on the back end. Heady stone fruits and smoky, toasted spices on the back end. Great length and power, but superb approachability.

95+
Farr Vintners, Farr Tasting, October 2019

The 2018 Chateauneuf du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes combines luxurious richness—honeyed pineapple lushness—with clean, vibrant zest and brine notes to make for an interesting juxtaposition in its youth that demands time in the cellar to meld together into a harmonious whole. In one of the mysteries of the wine world, it will then stay on that plateau of decadent maturity for a decade or more.

94/96
Joe Czerwinski, RobertParker.com (244), August 2019
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