2003 Chateau Beaucastel - Chateauneuf du Pape
Rhone, France
$190.00
| Colour | : | Red |
| Producer | : | Chateau Beaucastel |
| Label Name | : | Chateauneuf du Pape |
| Country | : | France |
| Region | : | Rhone |
| Sub Region | : | Chateauneuf du Pape |
| Variety | : | Proprietary Blend |
| Vintage | : | 2003 |
| Capacity | : | 750 ml - Standard Bottle |
| Rating | : | RP92+ - Robert Parker Wine Advocate, WS94 - Wine Spectator |
| Tasting Note | : |
The 2003 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape turned out as well as I could have hoped and is certainly an outstanding wine, deep ruby/purple with a tight but promising nose of black fruits, loamy, earthy notes intermixed with pepper, smoke, licorice, and dried herbs. The wine is somewhat closed in the mouth (but it had been bottled 30 days prior to my visit), has full bodied, moderately high, slightly rustic tannins, but big-impact flavors with plenty of texture, density, and purity. Give this wine 3-5 years of bottle age, and drink it over the following 20 years. - Tasted in Feb 2006
Young and tight, with garrigue and roasted game aromas peeking out from a core of ripe black currant, plum and fig fruit. Lots of toast tobacco and iron as well. The finish is well-endowed with tannins, but they are ripe and pure. Best from 2008 through 2025. 15,000 cases made - Tasted in May 2006 |
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