Tribute to Jacques Perrin - Beaucastel Castle

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100 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/28/2015

Coming from a hot, dry year that favored Grenache over Mourvèdre (the blend here is similar to the ’03, with close to 60% Grenache, a scant 20% Mourvèdre and 10% each of Syrah and Counoise), the 1998 Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage À Jacques Perrin is another blockbuster that has everything you could want from a wine. Stunningly complex, perfumed and layered, with massive textural and richness, it has striking purity of fruit, perfect balance and an incredible finish. Given the wealth of fruit (and higher Grenache content), it’s incredible today, but should nevertheless have another two-plus decades of evolution.Coming mostly from a plot of old vines located behind the estate, the Perrin Family’s Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin was first created in 1989 and is a tribute to the late Jacques Perrin, who passed away in 1978. Aged all in foudre and normally a blend of 60% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, 10% Counoise and the rest Syrah, it’s only produced in top vintages and there’s normally a scant 400-500 cases to go around. It’s an incredible, yet atypical Châteauneuf du Pape due to its high Mourvèdre content. While most vintages require upwards of a decade of cellaring, the more forward, sexy vintages can certainly be enjoyable in their youth as well.Drink 2015-2040

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100 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe6/30/2010

The splendid 1998 Hommage a Jacques Perrin is a compelling wine. Dense plum/ruby/purple, with intense notes of kirsch liqueur intermixed with licorice, camphor, incense, and black fruits, this wine cuts a broad swath across the palate, is very opulent, with a multi-layered texture, and despite its power, massiveness, and structure, comes across as pure, well-balanced, and classic in its proportions. This wine still needs another 5 or so years of cellaring, but it is one of the few Jacques Perrin wines that can be drunk at age 12 with enormous pleasure. It still has another 25-30 years ahead of it. Atypically forward for a wine from Beaucastel, my recollection is that the actual percentage of Grenache, which never exceeds the Mourvedre in their final blend, was much higher in 1998 than in other years.

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100 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe1/31/2003

The 1998 is an extraordinary effort, and from a purely hedonistic standpoint, probably my favorite Jacques Perrin (no doubt because of the high percentage of Grenache). It is an intense, full-bodied wine filled with notes of kirsch liqueur as well as an incredibly silky, expansive mouthfeel. It is one of the few vintages that was ready to drink within 3-4 years of the vintage, yet it is capable of lasting for three decades. It may not represent exactly what brothers Francois and Jean-Pierre Perrin are seeking (they mean this cuvee to emphasize the greatness of Mourvedre), but it is an incredible wine.

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100 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe12/31/2001

This wine performed even better than my high accolades in issue #131 suggested. The limited-production, super-expensive 1998 Hommage a Jacques Perrin was fabulous. As I indicated in my original review, despite what the back label indicates, there is a lot more Grenache (approximately 60%) in this cuvee than normal. There is a dense, unctuous-looking black/ruby color, extremely full body, and spectacular aromatics offering up kirsch liqueur, spring flowers, black raspberries, blackberries, licorice, and meaty notes. Voluptuously-textured, with a fabulous, multi-layered mid-palate, high glycerin, and admirable delineation, this hauntingly perfect wine should evolve effortlessly for 30+ years. Production was 500 cases.

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97 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe10/31/2000

This wine sees no new oak, and is aged completely in foudre prior to bottling without filtration. The 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin (bottled in late August) contains an atypically high percentage of Grenache (60%), in addition to 20% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, and 10% Counoise. The wine was difficult to assess aromatically as it had just been bottled, but in the mouth, it is one of the most voluptuous, opulently-textured Beaucastel offerings I have ever tasted. It can be drunk in 2-3 years. It possesses huge levels of glycerin, layers of succulent black cherry and berry fruit, gorgeous purity as well as Chateauneuf du Pape's quintessential flavors of herbs, saddle leather, coffee, truffles, and black cherry jam. This massive wine will provide awesome drinking in several years, and last for 25-30 years.

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94-96 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe10/30/1999

There will be a 1998 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin. The quantity has not yet been established, but in tasting through the four component parts (Counoise, Syrah, Grenache, and Mourvedre), it is clear the Perrins have a blockbuster on their hands. The Counoise provides great complexity, sweetness of fruit, and a finesse and elegance that is rare in the southern Rhone. The Syrah is black, heavy, thick, full-bodied, and chewy, with considerable character. The Grenache (from the vineyard's oldest vines - 70 years) tasted like confiture (jam) of black cherries and raspberries. It is a killer cuvee that achieved 14.5% natural alcohol. The Perrins believe it is one of the finest Grenache cuvees they have ever produced. The Mourvedre was even better. Although somewhat restrained and tightly-knit in terms of its aromatics, the wine was explosive at the back of the mouth. The color is saturated purple, and the wine is exceptionally long, pure, rich, and full-bodied. This should be an uncommonly long-lived classic. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2050.

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Couleur	Rouge
Appellation	Châteauneuf du Pape
Millesime	1998
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)

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Couleur	Rouge
Appellation	Châteauneuf du Pape
Millesime	1998
Contenance	Bouteille (75 cl)
Domaine	Château de Beaucastel

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