2023 | Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Rhone Hogue Cellars with lovely lift

with lovely lift

dark plum and black licorice

The tannins have a hint of dust or chalk

yet rich in flavor and mouthfeel

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2023 | Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape | Rhone Hogue Cellars with lovely liftA deep, quite herbal expression, with liquorice and crushed blueberries to the cassis fruit. Full bodied, powerfully fruited, dense and deep. Really mouthcoating, intense fruit. The tannins are ripe, fine and plentiful, all saturated in blackberry juice on a long finish. Certainly one of the more successful Chteauneufs this year. Will age well. A Mourvdre led expression of Beaucastel it contains more than usual, at least 35% and probably more.