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  • Château de Beaucastel 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
  • La Chablisienne 2009 Chablis 1er Cru Montmains
  • Maison Roche de Bellene 2008 Volnay 1er Cru Les Pitures
  • La Croix St. George 2007 Pomerol
  • Château de Fieuzal 2008 Péssac-Léognan Blanc
Château de Beaucastel 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Château de Beaucastel 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

93Points

The 2009 vintage was terrific for Beaucastel, yielding a regional archetype, with structure for the long-term, if you can wait. Ripeness and intensity are aligned with freshness and elegance. A superb range of flavours covers herbal-vegetal, red and black berry fruit notes and marvelous scorched earth and dry stone minerality.