Chateau de Beaucastel, Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin, 2017 SO121523_Cappellano This is everything you want

This is everything you want a Nebbiolo to be: dark red fruits and crushed herbs with a cooling mineral core that feels almost alpine

producing classically styled Rieslings from some of the region’s greatest vineyards

the grower collective that pushed the region to taste its vins clairs as wine rather than base material

and an outright Mosel landmark

and unusual grape varieties

Chateau de Beaucastel, Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin, 2017 SO121523_Cappellano This is everything you wantBeaucastel's flagship a tribute to the family patriarch in a blockbuster vintage. Hommage Jacques Perrin honors the father (passed 1978) who set the modern course of Chteauneuf's most storied estate. Made only in great vintages from the oldest plots, the cuve flips the standard Beaucastel script: where the estate red leans on Grenache, Hommage is roughly 75% Mourvdre drawn from ancient bush vines on the appellation's classic galets and clay limestone