CHATEAU DE BEAUCASTEL ROUGE 1988 |

Château de Beaucastel Rouge 1988 Châteauneuf du Papeu. 1bn, bin-soiled and slightly torn labels, 3 signs of seepage with wine-stained vintage neck labelsThat glorious sweet aniseed nose. Smells like spiced meat - I have had this when medieval meals are recreated and beef is spiced with cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Incredibly heady on the nose. Heavenly and silky, meaty and violetty. A 'grown-up' wine, to be drunk with black truffles. In 2011, great freshness and length, glorious wine that even surprised the Perrin family themselves. Serena Sutcliffe, MW11 bts (sc)Estimates are per lot