Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2022

Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2022 is a masterfully balanced, complex, and benchmark southern Rhône red wine produced by the Perrin family at their legendary estate in Courthézon. Sourced from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards rooted in the region's classic terroir of heat-retaining quartzite rolled pebbles (galets roulés), molasses, and porous marine sandstone, the fruit was vinified varietal by varietal following a brief flash-heating of the skins to preserve aromatics and purity. Matured entirely in large neutral oak foudres, the wine presents an opaque, deep ruby-purple core in the glass. The bouquet is intricate and deeply layered, revealing fragrant notes of dark cherries, ripe black raspberries, and wild mulberries intricately woven with garrigue herbs, cracked black pepper, smoked bacon, licorice, bay leaves, and warm baking spices. On the palate, it exhibits a medium-to-full body marked by seamless density, silty melted tannins, and vibrant natural freshness, culminating in a focused, lingering, and mineral-flecked finish of exceptional longevity.

Food Pairing: Roasted rack of lamb with rosemary, wild boar stew, braised beef short ribs, grilled venison loin, or aged farmhouse Comté cheese.