1981 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (127) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  4/24/2024 - Galen McDonald wrote:

  Some ullage. Cork wet but intact; smelled good. Attractive light garnet w orange rim. On opening, noticeable VA on a slightly musty bass note. With air, tomato leaf, orange rind, wet earth - all tertiary aromas around a core of leathery Brettanomyces. Rather light bodied for Ch de Pape (13.6% ABV) with fully resolved tannins. A bit metallic/tangy on the finish that I ascribe to Brett and makes it less pleasant than it would otherwise be. If you can tolerate the Brett, fun to try though long past prime.

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  10/20/2023 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 94 Points

  i just love these old beaucastels… stylistically more austère, less fruit late into their development, the nose is herbaceous, earthy, with scents of barnyard, white pepper and damp understory. lovely. palate is lively with that white pepper note, mediterranean herb, and iron minerality. superb.

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  10/5/2023 - kenv wrote: flawed

  WCC Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blind Dinner (The Chef's Table in Café Capriccio, Albany, NY): [Pop and pour. Brought as a mystery wine, but the owner said it was the worst of the bottles he owns. I would hope a sound bottle of this would still show well.] On the first pour, this was dead, but by the end of the evening, it had come alive, if only briefly. Still, not a good bottle.

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  7/13/2023 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very pretty aromatics, with sweet and delicate fruit. This bottle was showing a little bit muddy, I didn't really want to drink more than a glass of this, but it was certainly fun to taste.

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  7/1/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: flawed

  An Epic Summer Wine Weekend - Year 2; 6/30/2023-7/2/2023 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): [Tasted Single Blind] This was quite soupy and mature. Not totally dead but almost there. Not representative. Calling it oxidized.

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