Coudoulet de Beaucastel Cotes-du-Rhone Red Rhone Blend

Garnacha-led blend from Southern Rhône providing excellent value for the price point. Full bodied palette, deep ruby colour, good tension, and well-balanced tannins showcase the red and black fruit (black cherry, blueberry and blackberries), spice and chocolate.

Mid to deep crimson in colour. Notes of red cherry, raspberry and other red fruits together with a charcoal smoky note. The palate is medium plus bodied with those same savoury red fruits finishing with rather coarse tannins. I was expecting more given how good the producer is. “Baby Beaucastel “ as it is known. Will have the next in a year or two. Tasted 78 weeks later on 5th February 2022 with similar notes. A bit square sided.

2016 is fab. So DARK but always fresh.

The king of CdR. Better than a lot of CdPs.

Great bottle of Rhône wine. Nice balance of acidity and fruit. Delicious with food.

Floral, redfruits peaking out but youthful and quite closed down at this time, medium-long finish, this needs further aging (5+ years or more).

Drinking 2017 vintage in 2024 after aging in wine refrigerator. Dark Fruit and violet notes, lighter to medium bodied. Not overly tannic, slightly tart finish.

Blend from Cotes-du-Rhone.
Requires experience,
Owing to terroir

A haiku for this review^

Tastes:
Cranberry, tartness, minerality/gravel or dry sand.

Or wait, let me try another one:

Falling maple leaves…
Cranberries and dark cherries,
Gravel and dry sand.

Lovely Cotes du Rhone blend of Grenache (40%), Mourvèdre (30%), Syrah (20%) and Cinsault (10%). Dark (almost purple) color. Nose is full of cooked red and black berry fruit, violets and baking spices. Cooked red fruits, blackberries and plums dominate the pallet. The baking spices are also present on the finish. Ample acidity and tannins. Plush and generous. Velvety smooth. Excellent!

Drank on 9/6/22 at Crystal Jade with Master Tan - 10 only. Crystal clear in appearance, fragrance, and quite light in body. Good white for easy drinking