The 2015 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc offers classic and beautiful notes of citrus with butter, honeycomb, stone fruit and hints of pineapple. It is an elegant, fresh, medium to full-bodied white that will put on a bit of weight by the time it is bottled; It will have the ability to drink well for 3-4 years and keep for decades.
In the year 1321, in the time of Pope John XXII, four barrels from the papal cellar arrived at Châteauneuf to be filled with wine; there began the history of "du-Pape" wine. The history of Château de Beaucastel, located in the northernmost part of today's AOC Châteauneuf-du-Pape, dates back to 1549, when Pierre de Beaucastel bought a barn and some land in Coudoulet.
The winery belongs to the Château de Beaucastel, which is located in the northernmost part of today's AOC Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The winery belongs to the Perrin family since 1909 and, today, it is Jean-Pierre and François, sons of the legendary Jacques Perrin, who lead the project. In fact, it is the fifth generation of the entire Perrin family that joins forces to make the legend of Beaucastel grow day by day.
The respect for nature is the key to the winery's success
Respect for nature is essential in the vineyards. Already in 1950 began to work in organic and in 1974 went a step further to reach the biodynamic culture. The famous galets (boulders), rocky fragments that the waters brought from the Alps, keep the soil moist and retain heat during the day to release it at night
At Beaucastel they have planted the 13 varieties authorized by the AOC and all are vinified separately. The art of blending, handed down from generation to generation, is what ensures that the Beaucastel style endures with each new vintage. Despite being one of the best-known wineries in the appellation, its wines are truly particular.
While it is one of the best-known wineries in the appellation, its wines are truly particular
The winery tries to keep the grape as the main protagonist and the use of wood is always restrained, no new oak or modern techniques: they clarify with egg whites and never filter, as they are convinced that this practice spoils the wines.
They are very careful with the use of oak, but they are also very careful with the use of oak, as they are convinced that this practice spoils the wines.
They are very careful with the use of oak
They have a special devotion to Monastrell, a variety that when fully matured offers a density and structure that allows the wine to age like very few wines from the southern Rhône. Grenache is also often an important part of the blends but is not allowed to dominate the wine. In the best years, when the quality is exceptional, the now mythical cuvée Hommage à Jacques Perrin is made, a wine immortal since the first day it saw the light of day because of its enormous quality and very small production.
