2016 to 2030

"A top-notch success and one of the vintage's top wines. A big, sweet, beefy nose intermixed with truffles, tree bark, fresh mushrooms, blackberry and black currants as well as some road tar jumps from the glass of this dense ruby/purple-coloured wine. The wine has terrific fruit on the attack, medium to full body, very concentrated flavours and moderate tannin in the finish." 92-94/100 (Parker)

"Rather like the 2006s from Jaboulet, this wine is noticeably – determinedly? – fresher and cleaner on the nose than some previous vintages used to be. I wonder if this is the Pascal Chatonnet* effect? Not at all ‘hot’, the 2006 is very slightly muted on the nose (not a trace of the horsiness for which Beaucastel has in the past been reproached) and then extremely sweet and glamorous on the palate - fantastic polish with very fine tannins on the finish and a suggestion that there is a great deal still to be expressed. There’s lift at the end but it needs to take on flesh in the mid to end palate before it really delivers on its undoubted promise." 17.5+++/20 (Jancis Robinson MW)