teau de beaucastel ch teau de beaucastel is a winery located in the southern part of the rh ne valley in france which is primarily noted for its ch teauneuf du pape wines produced in a long lived style . 1 for its red ch teauneuf du pape beaucastel includes all 13 grape varieties that are traditionally part of the blend 2 and uses a higher than usual proportion of mourv dre . the special vielles vignes cuv e of beaucastel s white ch teauneuf du pape is a varietal roussanne wine which is rare in rh ne and rarer in ch teauneuf du pape . ch teau de beaucastel holds a total of 130 hectares 320 acres of land of which 100 hectares 250 acres is planted with vineyards three quarters of which is within the ch teauneuf du pape appellation . 3 contents 1 history 2 vinification 3 range 4 other perrin wines 5 references 6 external links history edit exterior entrance to the winery . the winery takes its name from the beaucastel family which lived in courth zon in the middle of the 16th century . records show a pierre de beaucastel buying a barn and some associated land at coudoulet in 1549 and this land is still part of ch teau de beaucastel s holdings . 4 however at this time it was an agricultural property . in 1792 the owner was called etienne gontard and the first certain mentioning of vines on the property are from his inheritance 40 years later . in the 19th century when the phylloxera epidemic struck the region the owner of the domaine was lie dussaud who decided not to replant the vineyards but rather to sell the property . in 1909 it was bought by pierre tramier and the vineyards were rebuilt under his ownership . after him his son in law pierre perrin took over and expanded ch teau de beaucastel s vineyard holdings considerably . the property has stayed in the perrin family since . after pierre perrin becaustel was managed by jacques perrin until 1978 and after that jacques sons jean pierre perrin and fran ois perrin . in 1990 jean pierre and fran ois perrin in collaboration with wine importer robert haas founded tablas creek vineyard within the california viticultural area of paso robles . 5 in 2006 the perrin family and ch teau de beaucastel joined primum familiae vini an association of a limited number of high end family owned wineries . 6 vinification edit beaucastel generally vinfies the components for its wines in large old barrels foudres with only syrah exposed to some new oak . the different grape varieties are vinified separately and later blended . a somewhat contentious aspect of beaucastel winemaking is that the wines often show brettanomyces character which in most cases are considered a defect but which is also typical for wines high in mourv dre . 1 range edit the ch teau de beaucastel range consists of six wines of which four are ch teauneuf du pape and two are c tes du rh ne red ch teau de beaucastel a blend of 13 grape varieties with a significant proportion of mourv dre . white ch teau de beaucastel a blend of 80 % roussanne and 20 % grenache blanc . hommage jacques perrin a special cuv e red ch teauneuf du pape produced only in better years . 1989 was the first vintage . roussanne vieilles vignes a white ch teauneuf du pape from old vine roussanne . red coudoulet de beucastel a c tes du rh ne from vineyards just to the east of the ch teauneuf du pape appellation border with a high proportion of mourv dre . white coudoulet de beucastel a c tes du rh ne from vineyards just to the east of the ch teauneuf du pape appellation border . other perrin wines edit the perrin family is also running a n gociant business for other southern rh ne wines perrin & fils . this business is separate from ch teau de beaucastel . references edit a b the wine doctor chateau de beaucastel accessed 2010 07 16 in the 2009 version of the appellation regulations 18 grape varieties are actually allowed by separately listing noir rose gris or blanc versions of some grapes . ch teau de beaucastel terroir accessed 2010 07 16 ch teau de beaucastel history accessed 2010 07 16 brook stephen 1999 . the wines of california . new york ny faber and faber . pp. 133 ; 180 ; 576 . isbn 0 571 19030 8 . primum familiae vini a new family from the rhone region for pfv 2006 01 20 external links edit ch teau de beaucastel coordinates 44 06 17 n 4 51 06 e 44.1048 n 4.8518 e 44.1048 ; 4.8518 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ch teau de beaucastel & oldid 598859306 categories wineries of francehidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 march 2014 at 17 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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