Hommage à Jacques Perrin (BIO-ORGANIC) - Châteauneuf du Pape 2021

Decanter.com

95 / 100

byGeorgina Hindlethe9/4/2023

Fragrant summer berries and wild flowers on the nose. Rich and concentrated on the palate, not heavy or too weighty, the tannins remain sleek, fine and just supportive with the liquorice and toasted spice and red berry fruit doing most of the talking. It's maybe missing some extra depth on the mid palate, this is still direct and focussed, sleek and all in one line, but there's power, intensity and grip to the elements with a long finish. Feels a touch hot on the finish. 5% Counoise completes the blend.

The Wine Independent

97 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe8/21/2023

The 2021 Hommage a Jacques Perrin is composed of 75% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Grenache, and 5% Counoise. Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, it pops from the glass with expressive notes of baked black plums, boysenberry preserves, and fruitcake, followed by hints of tar, black pepper, garrigue, and fragrant soil. The full-bodied palate delivers multilayered fruit with impressive grace, featuring fine-grained tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing long with a peppery lift.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

95 / 100

byJane Ansonthe7/3/2023

One of the original big name French wines on the Place de Bordeaux, now joined by many others but still leading the pack in terms of prestige and quality. Juicy, powerful, seductive, a ton of spice, underbrush, red cherry, bilberry, cumin, toasted oak, incense, powerful liqoruice and cocoa. So much complexity but also so much lightness of touch, just love this wine and its lyricism. Winemaker César Perrin effortlessly handles a vintage that had plenty of challenges.

Vinous

96 / 100

byNicolas Greinacherthe6/30/2023

The quality of the 2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is impossible to ignore, almost cruising at the same high altitude as the 2020. Aged in foudre and made from the usual blend of 60% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache and 20% Syrah. The 2021 Hommage à Jacques Perrin displays fragrant violet, blackcurrant, red and black cherry, blueberry, thyme, lavender, licorice and mint aromas. Full-bodied, polished and enveloped in an intricate web of velvety tannins, it concludes with excellent persistence on the complex finish.

Jamessuckling.com

96 / 100

byStuart Pigottthe5/22/2023

Very dense, but also vivid with great elderberry, lavender, licorice and allspice aromas. Impressive concentration and power for the challenging vintage. Magnificent follow through at the long structured finish. Best from 2026. From organically grown grapes.

Vinous

95-97 / 100

byNicolas Greinacherthe4/30/2023

The quality of the 2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is impossible to ignore, almost cruising at the same high altitude as the 2020. Aged in foudre and made from the usual blend of 60% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache and 20% Syrah. The 2021 Hommage à Jacques Perrin displays fragrant violet, blackcurrant, red and black cherry, blueberry, thyme, lavender, licorice and mint aromas. Full-bodied, polished and enveloped in an intricate web of velvety tannins, it concludes with excellent persistence on the complex finish.