Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com 18.5++
60% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah, 20% Grenache. Deep ruby-purple in colour. This already has a brilliant nose. Peppery and deep, there are tones of blackberry, black cherry, rosemary, thyme, and layer upon layer of spice. The palate is just as impressive – deep and brooding dark fruit forms a foundation with ripe but plentiful tannins to bring real backbone and structure. This is layered with sweet and savoury spices and game, with high tones of white pepper and violets. This superbly complex, refined and serious wine is a knockout. Very impressive. (TP)
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045
Vinous 98/100
Glass-staining ruby. A deeply perfumed bouquet features black raspberry, cherry liqueur, boysenberry, exotic spice and floral scents that show outstanding definition and smoky mineral lift. Sweet and penetrating in the mouth, offering wonderfully concentrated black and blue fruit preserve, violet pastille, spicecake and savory herb flavors that possess unlikely vivacity for their depth. The strikingly long, floral- and spice-driven finish is shaped by steadily building tannins that play nicely with the wine’s intense fruit.
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2041
Jeb Dunnuck 99
The tiny production 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is the customary blend of roughly 60% Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache, and the rest Syrah and Cinsault that’s brought up in foudre. One sexy, powerful, full-bodied Southern Rhône, it sports a dense purple hue as well as a kaleidoscope-like array of blueberry, scorched earth, candied violets, pepper, and some almost northern Rhône-like meaty, smoky nuances. Full-bodied and incredibly pure, with a stacked mid-palate and ripe, supple tannins, it’s another vintage of this cuvée that will undoubtedly offer pleasure in it youth yet won’t hit prime time for a solid 7-8 years, and it should see its 30th birthday in fine form
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2049
Robert Parker 100
Marvelously complex, deeply fruited and massively concentrated yet wonderfully drinkable, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin challenges the number of superlatives that can be thrown at it. Scents of violets, tree bark, truffle, purple raspberries and blackberries all appear on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich, dense and velvety, and the finish shows enormous richness and length. Breathtaking stuff.
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045
