Château de Beaucastel • Hommage à Jacques Perrin 2022

Druvor

60% Mourvèdre - 15% Syrah - 20% Grenache - 5% Counoise

Tasting note

This historic Châteauneuf-du-Pape castle has been making wine since the 16th century. Already in the 1950s, Beaucastel began cultivating its vineyards organically, and since 1974 production has been biodynamic.
Only in the absolute best vintages does Beaucastel release its top cuvée, which is a tribute to Jacques Perrin, the castle's founder. The wine has reached the magical 100P several times and has become an investment item among wine collectors.
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.

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The wine :
Château de Beaucastel has long been regarded as one of the greatest wines in France. It is notorious for its elegance, balance and ageing potential. Beaucastel has an exceptional terroir at the Northern limit of Châteauneuf du Pape, exposed to the Mistral wind. All thirteen varieties of the appellation have been organically grown since the sixties. 

Location :

Châteauneuf du Pape, between Orange and Avignon, Château de Beaucastel red is a 70-hectare vineyard. 

Terroir :
Château de Beaucastel is 110 hectares, with one single plot at the north of the appellation. The terroir is archetypal of the best terroirs in Châteauneuf: rolled pebbles on the surface, sand, clay and limestone deeper down. The vines are old and have been organically grown for 50 years, which has allowed the roots to grow exceptionally deep.
Beaucastel grows all thirteen grape varieties authorized by the appellation.

Ageing :
Each variety is harvested separately and manually. Vinification takes place in oak fermenters for the reductive varieties (Mourvèdre, Syrah) and in traditional enameled concrete tanks for the Oxidative grapes (all the others). Once the malolactic fermentation is finished, the Famille Perrin blends the different varieties. The blend is then aged in oak Foudres for a year before being bottled. 

Cépages :
Grenache : 30% 
Mourvèdre : 30% 
Syrah : 15% 
Counoise : 10% 
Vaccarèse, Terret Noir, Muscardin, Clairette, Picpoul, Picardan, Bourboulenc, Roussanne : 10% 
Cinsault : 5% 

Se specifikation

Vi är glada över att presentera den senaste versionen av Château de Beaucastels ikoniska Hommage à Jacques Perrin. Beaucastel-teamet jämför odlingssäsongen 2021 med de som upplevdes på 1980- och 1990-talen, och karakteriserar den som en "vinodlares årgång" som krävde mänskligt ingripande. Början av april kom med frostepisoder, och en skörd som avbröts i regn krävde extra omsorg och uppmärksamhet. Deras engagemang har gett resultat, vilket resulterat i ett underbart uppfriskande och mångfacetterat Hommage-vin.
Denna årgång kännetecknas av sina mörka frukttoner, kombinerat med en smidig konsistens och lager av svartpeppar, spiskummin och korianderkryddor, alla graciöst omslutande smaker av mullbär, akaciablommor, kakaonibs och mörk choklad. Trots förekomsten av dessa mörkare kryddelement behåller vinet en imponerande nivå av friskhet och har utmärkt längd, vilket gör det till ett flytande och elegant uttryck av Hommage.