Chateau De Beaucastel 2005 Chateau De Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Magnum

Red wine – 2005 – Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Magnum – France – Region: Rhone

2005 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Magnum

Tasting Note:

The 2005 Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape is a wine that probably needs 7-10 years of bottle age. Possibly the most backward and closed Beaucastel made since the 1995 the wine has very high tannins seems totally closed aromatically but in the mouth is a weighty wine exhibiting a dense ruby/purple color and tight aromatics consisting of new saddle leather porcini meat juices licorice tar and black fruits. The wine is full-bodied powerful very tannic and structured in a dramatically masculine ageworthy style. This is one for the younger generation or those with considerable patience. I can_t see it being close to drinkable before 2014 and lasting up to 30 or more years. Source: Wine Advocate

Rating: 94+ RP Reviewed by Robert Parker Date: October 2007