Classic Côtes du Rhône. Fruity and fleshy with beautiful tannins, it’s a great everyday wine made almost exclusively from our Grand Prébois vineyards (for the Grenache) and our Vinsobres vineyards (for the Syrah). A beautiful wine you should always have!
Presentation
Presentation
"Côtes du Rhône par Excellence". Fruity and fleshy with beautiful tannins, its a great everyday wine.
The vintage
The 2011 vintage is a vintage of contrasts. That is to say an unusually hot, dry spring followed by a wet and rainy beginning of July and then an Indian summer lasting until the end of October. Carefully sorting and destemming the harvest allowed for a great vintage, particularly for the late harvest varieties.
Location
This wine is a blend of Grenache (mainly from our Prébois vineyard in Orange), Syrah from further north (from our vineyard in Vinsobres) and Mourvèdre.
Terroir
The vineyard of Prébois has clayey limestone soils covered with stones. In Vinsobres the terraces are rich in quartz and marl limestone
Ageing
After the harvest is sorted and destemmed, vinification takes place in stainless steel and oak. Ageing occurs in tanks and Foudre 25% of the year.
Varietals
Grenache
Mourvèdre
Syrah
Mourvèdre
Syrah
Advice
Serving
Serve at 18°C with beef, lamb or poultry.
Tasting
Colour: beautiful deep ruby colour with purple undertones.
Nose: Still slightly lactic, the nose has intense notes of red fruit, raspberry jam, spices, black pepper.
Mouth: soft and round, structured with freshness
Nose: Still slightly lactic, the nose has intense notes of red fruit, raspberry jam, spices, black pepper.
Mouth: soft and round, structured with freshness
Wine Tasting Video
Reviews
"The wine (a blend of 50% Grenache from their estate Grand Prébois, adjacent to Beaucastel, and the rest Syrah and Carignan and Cinsault) displays a deep ruby color, a slightly more narrow structure than usual, and some leanness, but still good berry fruit, crushed rock and licorice. It
should drink nicely for several years."
should drink nicely for several years."
"...Tasting the wine really hits you with a beautiful supple and round flavour, with some quality fruit splashing around. We drank this wine with slow-cooked beef and vegetables, and it was a unanimous hit..." [+]
" The blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre is intense in color and every other aspect. The color is dark as midnight. Aromas pummel the nose with cherry, cassis, plum and spice. In the mouth, it’s spicy and earthy-with dark berried fruit, plum, ground dark coffee beans, black licorice. Acidity is firm; tannins have some grip. It’s still young and closed in. Give it time to aerate in your glass. The Perrin Family owns Château de Beaucastel and also partners with Robert Haas, founder of importer Vineyard Brands, to grow Rhône varietals at Tablas Creek in California."
