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chateau de beaucastel rouge, chateauneuf-du-pape 2015
WINE SPECTATOR
97
JAMES SUCKLING
97

2015 chateau de beaucastel rouge, chateauneuf-du-pape

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Why We're Buying

Chateau de Beaucastel isn't just one of the great wineries in the Rhône Valley. It's one of the great wineries in France. The starring attraction is its Rouge Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a red wine that contains 13 grape varieties and a higher-than-usual percentage of mourvèdre.

Critics Scores

WINE SPECTATOR
97

Wine Spectator

A stunner from the get-go, with waves of thoroughly seductive boysenberry, plum, blueberry and raspberry reduction forming the core, while roasted apple wood, rooibos tea, bergamot, and anise notes flash throughout. Has plenty of bass, with a Turkish coffee accent and a hint of alder driving underneath. Everything moves in lockstep through the seriously long finish. Best from 2020 through 2045.

JAMES SUCKLING
97

James Suckling

All 13 grapes. This has a dark fruited, blueberry and blue plum nose with wide swinging tannins. Some white peppery elements, violets, brooding dark spices, blue fruits and dark plums. Builds from the ground up. Dark stones. Impressive, powerful. wine. Drink from 2025.

ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
96

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Bottled in late July, the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape is an amazing effort, especially when one considers the production volume. Loaded with black cherry fruit and cola-like spice, this full-bodied, richly textured wine never seems heavy or warm, while exotic Indian spice notes linger on the finish. It should drink well for at least 20 years.

DECANTER
95

Decanter

Depth and detail on the dark-fruit nose. Stylish, balanced and very persistent, delivers crunchy, spicy fruit.

JEB DUNNUCK
96

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape checks in as a blend of 30 each of Mourvèdre and Grenache, 10 Syrah, 10 Counoise and the rest a mix of permitted varieties, and they’re more and more keeping the stems with the Syrah component. This is a beauty that offers more depth and richness than just about every other wine in the vintage. Blackberry, black raspberries, garrigue, spice and hints of saddle leather all flow to a full-bodied, rich, layered 2015 that has a stacked, concentrated mid-palate, ripe, sweet tannin and an undeniable opulence that’s missing from too many 2015s. Marc Perrin compared this cuvée to 2001, and I can’t disagree with him. Drink this blockbuster beauty anytime over the coming two decades. 96+