The Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2024 is our French Wine of the Year. It is not often today that you discover a young Châteauneuf-du-Pape that displays such aromatics and finesse while wowing you with balance and beauty. The perfume in the 2024 Beaucastel is spectacular – with notes of rose petal, cinnamon, raspberry and blueberry – delivered on a medium body with fruit caressing the palate. Plus, it comes in at just 14 percent alcohol, standing out from the 15 or 15.5 percent that has become common across the region and Europe.
“The 2024 vintage is not a typical year for sure,” says Charles Perrin, whose family owns Château de Beaucastel. “It was cooler and wetter, and we had to do a lot of work in the vineyard and cellar. It was an unusual, challenging vintage. It reminds me of vintages in the 1980s, like 1988. It’s nice to drink now, but it will be wonderful in 10 years.”
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