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CDP Hommage Jacques Perrin 2017

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Tasting Notes

Deep vivid magenta. A highly complex bouquet displays candied black and blue fruits, incense and musky earth aromas; violet, licorice and Indian spice notes build in the glass. Sweet and expansive on the palate, offering deeply concentrated, mineral-laced blueberry, cherry compote, fruitcake and floral pastille flavors that are given spicy lift and bite by a late peppery flourish. Tightens up slowly on a strikingly long, chewy, floral-driven finish framed by dusty, steadily building tannins.

Score: 98

Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com Maturity: 2028-2040 01 December 2019

Loaded with mulberry and blueberry fruit, graced by hints of star anise, cardamom, cinnamon and allspice, the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is another standout vintage for this wine. Full-bodied, rich, velvety and long on the finish, at this point, it's maybe not quite as sure a thing to reach the century score as the beyond-superlative 2018, but I wouldn't rule it out. This is seriously great wine.

Score: 97 - 100

Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2021-2040 30 August 2019

The preliminary blend of the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin is about 75% Mourvèdre, which performed exceptionally well in the heat of the vintage, according to Marc Perrin. It's the second consecutive potentially perfect vintage of this cuvée, which never misses the mark, in any event. Licorice and red berries mark the nose, while the wine is full-bodied and concentrated yet almost weightless, delivering remarkable savory, spicy nuances and a long, long, long finish. Yes, I did indeed write "long" three times in my notebook.

Score: 98 - 100

Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2045 31 August 2018

On another level, the brilliant 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is just about all Mourvèdre (there are small amounts of Grenache, Syrah, and Counoise) brought up in a large foudre. It reveals a saturated purple color as well as a super-rich, blockbuster-styled bouquet of blackcurrants, blackberries, ground pepper, truffle, charcuterie, and God knows what else. With full-bodied richness, a stacked, opulent mid-palate, building tannins, and a sensational finish, it’s another perfect wine from this team and is unquestionably in the same realm as the 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2016. Give bottles 7-8 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 40-50 years.

Score: 100

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com Maturity: 2026-2066 16 August 2019

Lastly, the inky colored 2017 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin is the usual Mourvèdre dominated blend of 85% Mourvèdre and the rest Syrah, Grenache, and Counoise, brought up in a single foudre. Offering an extraordinary bouquet of blueberries, smoked meat, iodine, and violets, this beauty hits the palate with a massive, rich, structured style that carries serious amounts of tannin, fruit, and extract. It has the purity of fruit to drink reasonably well in its youth, but it's going to need a decade of cellaring to begin to approach maturity.

Score: 98 - 100

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 28 August 2018