Beaucastel 2005 was one of wine spectator's top 10 wines of 2008.
A few weeks ago, at the New York Wine Experience, Marc Perrin commented a tasting of this wine and explained the Family's organic viticulture practices.
The video from WineSpectator is here
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November 5, 2009 8:02 PM |
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December 9, 2008 2:30 PM |
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2005 is our first release of Châteauneuf les sinards white. Here is the review by Michael Apstein.
With only about 5% of the area's production devoted to white wine--and much of that heavy and unappealing--one sometimes wonders why anyone bothers with white Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This wine is why. A blend of 75% Grenache Blanc and 25% Clairette, it has the hint of apricot common in many whites from the southern Rhône, and good intensity, but without a trace of heaviness. Its minerality or stoniness makes it refreshing. 90 points
Michael Apstein Mar 27, 2007 (winereviewonline)
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March 31, 2007 11:28 PM |
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Today we continue the harvest of our estate in Vinsobres, and we pick the parcel of our Vinsobres ‘les hauts de Julien’. This is the oldest parcel of the vineyard, which is co-planted with syrah and grenache (about 50% of each) that will ferment together. We will produce less than 6000 bottles of that wine, which was made for the first time in 2003 (you can see here the tasting note by Robert Parker).
We should finish harvesting tomorrow.
October 12, 2005 12:07 PM |
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This is under a very beautiful weather that we harvest the mourvèdre in Beaucastel today. Maturity is excellent, and it was the right decision to wait before picking. We should be finished tonight, and this will put the end to the harvests in Beaucastel.
We are lucky!
We will also finish picking the Syrah in Vinsobres and will begin on the grenache tomorrow.
October 6, 2005 3:39 PM |
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Saturday (1st October), we harvested grapes in our final parcel at Gigondas which are pre-phylloxera vines. (photo of the vines) We have now finished the harvesting at Gigondas.
The weekend was beautiful with much Mistral. This wind helps to concentrate the remaining parcels of unpicked grapes, and keeps them in excellent health.
Without pause, we continue to enjoy the Mistral today!
We decided to continue to delay picking the Mourvèdres in Beaucastel and concetrate on the harvesting at Vinsobres with the Syrah at a leisurely pace.
October 3, 2005 7:20 PM |
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We picked the Counoise in Beaucastel on Tuesday 27 September. We will stop harvesting momentarily as the mourvèdre can do with a little more time of ripening. The weather forecast predicts good weather and an increasing mistral. We have decided to wait for a perfect maturity of the mourvedre.
We stop the harvest at Beaucastel and wait for Mourvèdres
The grape-harvests are complete in Cotes du Rhône and Villages, of Vacqueyras and of Rasteau. We continue harvesting in Gigondas and have not begun in Vinsobres.
The first wines have finished their alcoholic fermentation, and taste extremely good. The colors is magnificent, with supple tannins… it is top of the line feel.
September 29, 2005 10:12 AM |
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Between Friday and today, Monday, we have harvested all the Grenache in AOC Châteauneuf du Pape in Beaucastel. We were able to collect these grapes at the optimal conditions of maturity and continued picking over the weekend in order not to surpass the peak of maturity .
The weather is simply perfect, hot with a light mistral which continues to concentrate the berries.
This Monday we will harvest the Grenache at Vacqueyras and in Gigondas and we will finish the ‘small’ grapes varieties of Beaucastel (Muscardin, Terret noir, Cinsault and vaccarese).
September 26, 2005 9:28 AM |
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The harvest started yesterday at Tablas Creek Vineyard, with a parcel of viognier.
September 22, 2005 3:47 PM |
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Contrary to our planning, we will not begin to pick grapes at Vinsobres today; and will be concentrating on Chateauneuf-du-Pape; and specifcally on the vineyards that compose our Chateauneuf Perrin et Fils les sinards.
This morning we have been concentrating on our parcels of grenache situated inside the walls that surrounds the castle of the Popes, you can see the walls (framing the ruins) on the photo below.
Harvest at Sinards in Chateauneuf du Pape
We continue next in another vineyard of grenache that is situated right in the center of the village of Chateauneuf, just underneath the Chateau, outside of the chateau walls. It is a parcel of grenahe that will be of grenache that will be component to our Chateauneuf Perrin et Fils les sinards.
Another parcel of Sinards and a different view of the Chateau of the Popes
The weather is magnificent without the wind.
September 22, 2005 11:13 AM |
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