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Regions: Rhone Red
Vintages: Between 1990 and 1990
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Vint. |
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| Ch. de Beaucastel |
1990 |
Chateauneuf du Pape  Bin-Soiled Label; Ullage 4cm |
$150 |
1 |
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JD 97 (7/2008): Seamless, silky and just drinking perfectly. I don’t think the 1990 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape is going to fade anytime soon but I’d drink them if you have them and I can’t imagine this getting better.
WA 96 (1/2003): Two great back to back vintages are the 1990 and 1989. The more developed 1990 boasts an incredible perfume of hickory wood, coffee, smoked meat, Asian spices, black cherries, and blackberries. Lush, opulent, and full-bodied, it is a fully mature, profound Beaucastel that will last another 15-20 years.
JLL ****** (10/2008): Attractive ruby red. Has a wide travelling nose, lots of red, plum fruit led by Grenache, with smoky notes from the other varieties. There is a true sunny maturity here - “spherique” or spherical is the word. Baked plains garrigue is present - lavender, also leather, some farmyard. Fine red fruit leads the palate, and there is a gras that ripples along and extends well – it is supple and shows really good roundness on the finish. Its clear, smoky-leather, aftertaste is also an attribute, too. Very complete wine, so well balanced that it drinks well solo. The finish is light touch, floating. After three hours, it becomes more grounded, shows a sweaty leather angle. I am giving its maturity the benefit of doubt, but it will certainly be thoroughly drinkable with fine foods, not big game dishes and flavours, until 2010.
NM 93 (1/2017): It has been several years since I tasted this Beaucastel, and it appears to be entering its graceful decline. Here is has a lovely mulchy, mushroom, black truffle bouquet with dried orange peel, oxtail and dried blood aromas. It is well defined and takes you straight to the southern Rhone. The palate is reticent but opens with coaxing to offer a mellow, animally Chateauneuf that does not quite have the cohesion or brio that it displayed before. Drink now-2017.
WS 92 (3/1993): (WS #97 wine of 1993) Not as appealing as the '89, our Wine of the Year in 1991, but it's a generous, concentrated, intensely fruity Châteauneuf that blends mouthfilling flavors with complex cedar, spice and leather accents. Sturdy tannins and solid acidity mark this as a good candidate to cellar. Best after 1996. 17,000 cases made. |
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| Ch. du Fonsalette (Rayas) |
1990 |
Cotes du Rhone Reserve Signs of Old Seepage; Wine-Stained Label |
$400 |
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1990 |
Cotes du Rhone Reserve Ullage 3 cm; Signs of Old Seepage; Wine-Stained Label |
$400 |
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