We went to the KCCWS Chateau Beaucastel Wine Dinner over the weekend. Chateau Beaucastel is a well known estate in Chateauneuf du Papes, which uses all the 13 permitted grapes in its wines. (Since the change in AOC laws, which separate the gris and blanc varieties and increased the cepage count to 18, we will have to check if the wines now contain all eighteen varieties!!)
Six vintages were presented on the night spanning 20 years from 1988 to 2008, and these were 1988, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2006 and 2008.The dinner provided an opportunity to explore the evolution of a wine over the years, though (truth be said) even with the same estate, there are both vintage variations as well as the differences in the blend to try and bring out the best in any vintage.
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