2018 Chateau de Beaucastel - Hommage a Jacques Perrin - Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC

Decanter.com – 97 pts – JA: *It was clear right out of the gate that 2018 would be an excellent vintage of Hommage à Jacques Perrin, and two years on you can see how it is shaping up to be both powerful and self-contained. The fruit character is savoury and mouthwatering, with light flicks of spiced cedar, garrigue, sour cherry and grilled raspberry. This is so good, maintaining grip right through the palate and stretching out the flavour with a saline kissed finish. Organic.* - 08/2020

JancisRobinson.com – 17+/20pts – TP: *Deep ruby. Meaty, earthy fruit on the nose, very complex already. Quite heady too. The palate is very oily, with damson and morello cherry. Glossy and dense, this is very succulent but not as savoury or peppery as I would expect. The finish is full of sweet red fruits and just a hint of spice. Perhaps it just needs more time to reveal its potential.* - 09/2020

Vinous.com – 97 pts – JR: *Inky ruby. Deep-pitched red and dark berry liqueur, candied violet, licorice and Moroccan spice scents show superb detail and a smoky mineral overtone. Densely packed and focused on the palate, offering powerful blueberry, bitter cherry and black raspberry flavors, along with chewing tobacco, floral pastille and fruitcake notes. Hangs on with serious persistence, steadily building tannins and reverberating florality. Two-thousand eighteen was a superb vintage for Mourvèdre, and it shows here, with that variety making up about a third of the blend.* - 10/2021

Thewinecellarinsider.com – 100 pts – JL: *The wine of the vintage. Compelling in every sense of the word, the wine is incredibly dark in color. The aromatics kick off with an amazing display of spices, herbs, wet earth, leaf, pepper, grilled meat, black raspberry, kirsch and plum notes. The weight, density and intensity on the palate coats your taste receptors, yet retains its lush, silky texture. The seamless finish leaves the 60 second mark in its wake. This should age for decades.* - 12/2020