Order wine bottles : Château de Beaucastel Roussanne Vieilles Vignes 2004
Chateauneuf du pape - Perrin family
94/100 Robert Parker
Cellaring potential: 2021-2040+.
Tasting notes : ‘Beaucastel's 2004 white Chateauneuf du Pape is incredibly good, one of the best examples produced in recent vintages. I have tasted it again and it has grown in stature and score considerably. It's a wine of great beauty, terrific richness, with lots of honeysuckle, lychee, grapefruit, lemon and tropical fruit, in a full-bodied, well-defined style, with terrific acidity and definition. It should drink well for a decade or more.’
- Description: Considered one of the greatest white wines of France, only 6,000 bottles of this wine are produced. Made from 100% very old Roussanne grapes, picked when slightly over-ripe, this exceptional wine will be drunk before 2-3 years or in 10 years, with great gastronomy (chicken with truffles...).
- Location : The Château de Beaucastel has a vineyard of 7 hectares planted with white grape varieties.
- Terroir :Miocene marine molasses covered by an alpine diluvium (rolled pebbles).
- Elaboration : Manual harvest, sorting of the harvest, picking in boxes, pneumatic pressing, settling, fermentation (30% in pieces, 70% in vats).
- Maturing for 8 months (30% in pieces, 70% in vats). Bottling after 8 months.
- Grape varieties: Roussanne: 100%.
Data sheet
| Note | Between 91 and 94 |
|---|---|
| PR rating | 94/100 |
| Recoverable VAT | No |
| Colour | Dry white |
| Format | Bottle (75cl) |
| Vintage | 2004 |
| Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
| Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
| Level | Perfect |
| Label | Perfect |
| Region | Rhône |
| Areas of Rhône | Beaucastel |
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