Chateau de Beaucastel Hommage a Jacques Perrin, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2021

A blend of 60% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache, and the rest Syrah, the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is probably the wine of the vintage. Ripe red and black fruits, smoked meats, cedary garrigue, pepper, and other assorted wild aromatics define the bouquet. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, with beautiful concentration, building tannins, and a great finish. It already has some accessibility, but there are enough tannins here to warrant 5-7 years of bottle age.

Drink 2028+

From organically grown grapes.

Very dense but also vivid, with great elderberry, lavender, liquorice, and allspice aromas. Impressive concentration and power for the challenging vintage. Magnificent follow-through at the long structured finish.

Best from 2026

5% Counoise completes the blend.

Fragrant summer berries and wildflowers on the nose. Rich and concentrated on the palate, not heavy or too weighty, the tannins remain sleek, fine and supportive, with the liquorice, toasted spice, and red berry fruit doing most of the talking. It's maybe missing some extra depth on the mid-palate. This is still direct and focused, sleek, and all in one line, but there's power, intensity, and grip to the elements, and it has a long finish. It feels a touch hot on the finish.

Drink 2026 - 2040

The full-bodied 2021 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is one of the finest wines of the vintage. Precisely sculpted strawberry, raspberry, crushed violet, liquorice, tangerine peel and lavender aromas emerge from the glass. Discrete cedar and black cherry add more dimension. Ripe, almost velvety tannins gently structure this gorgeous 2021—it’s all about class and refinement. This is one of the most Burgundian renditions of this cuvée in recent history.

Drink 2028 - 2046