Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin 2015 3000ml

98 POINTS

Wine Spectator

A well-endowed wine, dripping with cassis, plum sauce and raspberry puree flavors supported by notes of warmed apple wood, black tea and melted licorice. Dense yet remarkably polished, and almost supple in feel, with a bolt of warm earth scoring the very end of the finish.

98 POINTS

Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

As this was bottled only a week before I tasted it, I suspect this rating will prove to be conservative once a few months have passed. The 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin is another prodigious version of this wine. How many wines in this world can be so huge yet so lacking the feeling of weight? There's plenty of layered spice but also a core of raspberries; rich tannins, yet no real astringency; and a long finish without any apparent heat. Wow!

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Jeb Dunnuck

There’s just a single foudre of the 2015 Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin, and this behemoth was clearly one of the most impressive barrel samples I tasted from the vintage. Inky colored, rich, thick and unctuous, with tons of blackberry and blueberry fruits, cured meats, pepper and garrigue, it’s a tour de force and I’m always amazed at the level of purity, concentration and depth the Perrin family is able to achieve with this wine. I know most people squirrel this cuvée away, but it offers incredible pleasure in its youth, as well (the 2009 and 2007 are insanely good today). Still, a decade of cellaring would be ideal.

97 POINTS

Ulrich Sautter - Falstaff

Dark ruby garnet colour with purple reflections and subtle brightening at the rim. On the nose there are nuances of herbal spices, smoky minerality, fine dry spice and black berry fruit underlaid with thyme and sage along with a hint of saddle leather and undergrowth. On this palate this is powerful and complex with sweet extract, blueberry confit and black cherries carried by ripe, round tannins. Hints of candied violets and black truffle emerge on the long, taut finish. Delicate wild spice lingers in the aftertaste. Solid ageing potential. (Keep for 40+ years).

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Peter Moser - Falstaff

Dark ruby, purple reflections, subtle rim brightening. Nuances of herbal savouriness, smoky minerality, fine dry savoury notes, black berry fruit, with thyme and sage in the background, a hint of saddle leather and undergrowth. Powerful, complex, nuances of extract sweetness, blueberry confit and black cherry echo, carried by ripe, round tannins, hints of candied violet, black truffle, taut and long finish, subtle animalistic savouriness on the back palate, secure certain ageing potential. (Store +40).

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Christelle Guibert - Decanter

Bottled only six months ago and soon to be released. Very primary fruit with an abundance of blackberry and blueberry aromas, with peppery and garrigue notes too. The palate is concentrated but pure, with layers of fruit and spice and a firm, rich tannic structure. There's grip and depth of flavour supported by a backbone of acidity. Cellar for two decades ideally.

Richard Hemming MW - JancisRobinson.com

60% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah, 20% Grenache.Exquisite raspberry fruit on the nose, then a surprisingly savoury palate with bitter cherry, firm tannin, full body, grainy tannin and fresh acidity. This is potent stuff that manages to be big in every dimension without being overworked. Very canny winemaking, with impeccable fruit purity. Score: 18/20