1989 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin

Beaucastel is perhaps the most famous estate in the southern Rhône Valley, producing wild, complex and ageworthy Châteauneufs that sometimes include all 13 permitted grape varieties. With their animal, vegetal and mineral aspects, these wines can seem virtually to be alive. The estate's special and extremely limited Hommage à Jacques Perrin bottling, made in the best years, can be the most spectacular, and expensive, Châteauneuf du Pape of all. Beaucastel also offers wines from its young vines in Châteauneuf and negociant wines from Côtes du Rhône under the Perrin et Fils label.

Beaucastel is perhaps the most famous estate in the southern Rhône Valley, producing wild, complex and ageworthy Châteauneufs that sometimes include all 13 permitted grape varieties. With their animal, vegetal and mineral aspects, these wines can seem virtually to be alive. The es... more