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Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin 2010 150cl

AOC | Châteauneuf du Pape | Rhône | France
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100 Robert Parker
No such issue exists with the perfect 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin. I don't know what more a wine could offer. Inky blue/purple, with an extraordinary nose of smoked duck, grilled steaks, Provencal herbs, blackberries, blueberries, kirsch, licorice and truffle, enormously massive, concentrated, full-bodied and built for 30-50 years of cellaring, this wine, which is dominated by its Mourvedre component, is a tour de force, a spectacular, world-class wine. It is going to require some patience, though, and seems to need 4-5 years of cellaring. It should again be almost ageless in its potential. As I said last year, the Perrin family is a large one indeed, with brothers Jean-Pierre and Francois sitting at the top of the hierarchy and their four sons, Mathieu, Pierre, Thomas and Marc increasingly taking charge of their negociant business and their extensive estates throughout Southern Rhone. Now controlling over 1200 acres, as well as having a network of contracts, this operation is the equivalent of a major Southern Rhone train operating at high speed. Moreover, they are doing some incredible work in all price ranges. Other 2011s that the Perrin boys have produced include the following wines, which were very good across the board, especially for 2011s. In particular, readers need to take a hard look at their estate in Vinsobres, which is making the finest wines of that appellation, and more recently, what they are doing in Gigondas with the estate they purchased there, Clos des Tourelles. These are special wines. There are now three cuvees of Gigondas from the Perrins - the Gigondas La Gille, the Gigondas Vieilles Vignes and the Gigondas Clos des Tourelles. All three merit serious attention. Tasting the 2010s, which were all set to go into bottle right after my visit, certainly shows that this vintage is impressive, although I'm not sure that Marc and Pierre Perrin haven't done as good a job with their selections in 2011. Three cuvees of Gigondas look to all have outstanding potential and will probably be in bottle by the time this report is published.
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Château de Beaucastel
Le Château de Beaucastel est un lieu magique, blotti au beau milieu de collines vêtues de vignes à perte de vue, d’oliviers séculaires et de chênes truffiers. Ici, la nature est dans son élément, florissante et sereine. Des vignes ancestrales avec leurs racines noueuses font l’objet des meilleurs soins, taillées en gobelet comme le veut la tradition ici, sur les terroirs typiques de la région recouverts de gros galets ronds. Lorsque souffle le Mistral – mythique vent du nord descendant des Alpes – il s’engouffre dans la Vallée du Rhône, apportant de la fraîcheur aux vignes et révélant les arômes de garrigue. Aujourd’hui, le domaine est entre les mains des fils de Jacques Perrin, Jean-Pierre et François. Conjuguant les talents de la famille Perrin, l’exploitation adhère à ses valeurs fondatrices inébranlables, à savoir le respect de la terre et du terroir à travers les pratiques culturales biodynamiques qui exaltent leur quête de vérité, d’équilibre et d’élégance. Sur des sols ancestraux, le Château de Beaucastel déploie une collection complète de 13 cépages, typiques de Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Chaque millésime est unique et incarne un mariage exceptionnel entre puissance, structure, raffinement et fraîcheur.