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Chateauneuf du Pape at the Pinnacle: Chateau de Beaucastel

By Thu, Oct 06, 2011 7:25AM UTC View Comments The ever patient family

Chateau de Beaucastel My tastings in Chateauneuf du Pape and the satellite regions of the southern Rhone, including Gigondas (where compelling geological diversity and altitude make for wines as complex and certainly more finessed than the mother `neuf), concluded with one of the leading lights, Chateau de Beaucastel. Marc Perrin provided some background to the...

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Chateauneuf du Papes: Some tasty 2010′s & beyond

By Tue, Oct 04, 2011 5:36AM UTC View Comments Southern Rhone Landscape

Following trails in southern Germany and Champagne (see last five posts), I met my family in Paris and headed to the southern Rhone for a vacation. I took the time to look at many top estates` ’10`s out of tank, many still unassembled; some ’09`s, and some vibrant and highly drinkable, if not slightly herbal,...

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