2 x Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hommage à Jacques Perrin, Château de Beaucastel, 2011

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Characteristics and tasting tips of Tribute to Jacques Perrin 2011 of the Château de Beaucastel Tasting Nose A beautiful aromatic bouquet dominated by red fruits (blackberries, currants), figs, pepper and spices. Mouth The mouth is ample and intense for a wine that is both rich and sweet. The tannins are present and melted for a wine with the perfect balance, all in roundness with a beautiful length. A great red wine from Châteauneuf-du-Pape from an exceptional terroir The property An emblematic figure of the Rhône Valley that was at the head of the Perrin family's estates until 1978 and the iconic Château de Beaucastel, Jacques Perrin has established himself as a free and visionary figure in the wine world. A pioneer, he initiated organic farming in the 1960s and biodynamics from 1974. He will also decide to highlight the culture of mourvèdre, an emblematic Rhone grape variety. With a unique style and an extraordinary taste signature, the cuvée Hommage à Jacques Perrin embodies the perfect terroir-grape variety suitability sought by Jacques Perrin as well as the very definition of a Grand Vin. The wine Legendary wine from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Hommage to Jacques Perrin of the Château de Beaucastel is one of the greatest wines in the world. He brilliantly embodies the credo of the Perrin Family "A Great Wine is emotion and civilization, a myth that lasts beyond time". The first vintage of this prestigious vintage was born in 1989. Produced in very limited quantities, the Cuvée Hommage à Jacques Perrin comes from a unique terroir of rolled pebbles on clay-limestone and silty soils in an exceptional vineyard located at the northern limit of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, in the Rhone Valley. The grape variety is composed of mourvèdre, syrah and grenache.