Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape 2017

$265.00
$212.00 Bottle
$1,590.00
$1,590.00 Half Dozen
$3,180.00
$3,180.00 Dozen

Availability: In stock

Regular Price: $265.00

Special Price $212.00

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Beaucastel / Rhone Valley / France / Rhone Blend / 2017
A tremendous effort, might Beaucastel's 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape outshine even the 2016? I tasted a preliminary blend that Marc Perrin said represented 80% of the wine, and it showed ridiculous floral and fresh aromas of licorice, lavender and spice, all backed by tremendous fruit that went beyond black and red and into hints of exotic stone fruit. The final blend will likely contain more than 10% Counoise, the highest proportion ever utilized at the estate. It's rich and concentrated yet silky and lithe, with a fantastically long, elegant finish. (97) WINE SPECTATOR

Dark bright-rimmed ruby. Ripe black and blue fruit liqueur, incense, smoked meat and candied lavender qualities on the deeply perfumed, spice-accented nose. Broad and fleshy in the mouth, offering intense black raspberry, bitter cherry and fruitcake flavors that tighten up and turn livelier with air. Shows plenty of energy for a hot-vintage wine and finishes impressively long and chewy, with mounting tannins and repeating smoke and floral notes. JOSH RAYNOLDS

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