Chateau Beaucastel is one of the most sought after and iconic wines in the world, and has only increased in popularity in recent years. Since the 2017 vintage, the wine is available only by allocation and I’m stoked to have 6 bottles of this wine on offer.

2020 in the Southern Rhone Valley was a wonderful vintage, both qualitatively AND quantitatively. Very little spring frost issues and ideal weather at flowering and fruit set gave higher yields than in 2019. Warm weather through the growing season secured ideal ripeness of all varieties by harvest. Overall, 2020 vintage was more classic than 2019, meaning it did not reach the intense heat levels of the 2019s, creating very balanced and refreshing wines, as well as more of them!

The first evidence of Château de Beaucastel as it exists today is in the sixteenth century. In 1549, Pierre de Beaucastel bought a “barn with a plot of land extending to 52 saumées at Coudoulet.” The manor house was then built with the arms of Beaucastel sculpted on a stone wall of the drawing room. In 1687, de Beaucastel was appointed “Capitaine de la ville de Courthezon” by Louis XIV in recognition of his conversion to Catholicism. Louis XIV’s letter, also signed by Colbert, is still visible at the Château. In 1909, Pierre Traminer bought the estate and then transferred it to his son-in-law Pierre Perrin, a scientist who further developed Beaucastel. His son, Jacques, continued his father’s efforts until 1978 and gave its noble letters to the wine. Today, the torch is being carried by Jean-Pierre and François, Jacques’ sons. Marc, Pierre, Thomas, Cécile, Charles, Matthieu, and César, the fifth generation, work with them today. Beaucastel is, first of all, a family story, the story of Famille Perrin. Their main strength is being able to blend the talents of each family member to run the wine estate under common values: absolute respect for land and terroir; biodynamic culture as a philosophy of life; and the research of truth, balance, and elegance.