In Bond Fine Wine. 2015 Perrin, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France. Red Rhone in 3x75cl. Top critic score: 99/100 (JD). Drinking window: 2020–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Hommage à Jacques Perrin is a Rhone icon - the flagship wine of Chateau de Beaucastel in Chateauneuf du Pape. It is made only in the best vintages, the first in 1989, as a tribute to Jacques, a visionary winemaker who refused to use chemicals in his vine treatment
Joe Czerwinski (JC) — 98/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/10/2017 · Drink 2020-2045
As this was bottled only a week before I tasted it, I suspect this rating will prove to be conservative once a few months have passed. The 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin is another prodigious version of this wine. How many wines in this world can be so huge yet so lacking the feeling of weight? There's plenty of layered spice but also a core of raspberries; rich tannins, yet no…
James Molesworth (JM) — 98/100 · Wine Spectator, 31/08/2018 · Drink 2025-2050
A well-endowed wine, dripping with cassis, plum sauce and raspberry puree flavors supported by notes of warmed apple wood, black tea and melted licorice. Dense yet remarkably polished, and almost supple in feel, with a bolt of warm earth scoring the very end of the finish. Best from 2025 through 2050.
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 97–99/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 28/10/2016
There's just a single foudre of the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin, and this behemoth was clearly one of the most impressive barrel samples I tasted from the vintage. Inky colored, rich, thick and unctuous, with tons of blackberry and blueberry fruits, cured meats, pepper and garrigue, it's a tour de force and I'm always amazed at the level of purity, concentration and depth th…