Durant l'été, nous avons eu le plaisir de lire quelques articles parlant du Domaine de Beaurenard.

Tout d'abord "Le Monde", qui a fait un article sur notre association Rhône Vignobles, et qui a sélectionné le Côtes du Rhône.

Puis le Wine Spectator de Juillet, sur Châteauneuf du Pape, mentionnant à plusieurs reprises le Domaine de Beaurenard, et enfin le Wine Spectator d'Août notant nos Châteauneuf 2004.

Le vin par la bande

Partout, des vignerons doués se regroupent pour transmettre leur expérience technique ou commerciale. Partageant avec convivialité une même ambition, ils font plus sûrement progresser le vignoble que nombre de structures officielles.

Le Rhône en liberté

 Du nord au sud de la Vallée, deux clubs ont permis à des vignerons doués de s’émanciper de la tutelle du négoce et des coopératives.

• Rhône Vignobles : (J.M Gérin, Christine Vernay et Paul Amsellem, Yves Cuilleron, Louis Chèze, Laurent Combier, Dominique et Laurent Courbis, Jean Lionnet, Hubert Valayer, Cécile Dussert et Philippe Cartoux, Christophe et Isabelle Sabon, Daniel et Frédéric Coulon, Yves et Alexis Rousset-Rouard, Peter Fischer, Etienne Montès.
•  Les toqués des dentelles

Sélection à petits prix

 Domaine de Beaurenard Côtes du Rhône rouge 2004

Prime time for Châteauneuf du Pape

As a generation settles in, quality surges in this historic appellation.  

… “Paul Coulon built up his domaine in the 1950s and ‘60s and was one of the first to export his wine abroad” …

… “In the vineyards, there is always something to be done : planting new vines, pruning, turning the soil. The Coulons like to work some of their old-vines parcels by horse” …  

97 - Domaine de Beaurenard cuvée Boisrenard rouge 2003 

Loaded with rich, dark layers of black currant, blackberry, truffle, tar, mocha and bittersweet cocoa. Gripping finish.  

94 – Domaine de Beaurenard 2003 

Big wine, with a wall of structure around a core of black currant, blackberry and fig fruit. Long finish drips with fruit.  

93 – Domaine de Beaurenard cuvée Boisrenard blanc 2003  

Dried pineaple, mango, graham and glazed peach flavors.  

94 - Domaine de Beaurenard cuvée Boisrenard rouge 2004

Silky, pure and driven by beautiful black cherry, currant and blackberry fruit. Plenty of tabacco, toast, mineral and graphite hints too, but stays seamless and pure through the finish. Great lengh and mouthfeel. Best from 2007 through 2022.  

90 – Domaine de Beaurenard 2004

Lovely pure beam of red currant and red cherry fruit supported by hot stone and mineral notes. Hints of tobacco on the minerally finish. Should flesh out nicely in the near-term. Best from 2007 through 2017.

Le dernier Wine Spectator nous gratifie de jolis commentaires que voici :

Collectibles

97 - Domaine de Beaurenard cuvée Boisrenard rouge 2003  

Loaded with rich black curant, blackberry, truffle, tar, mocha and bittersweet cocoa, this pumps out both fruit and terroir on the gripping finish. Immense in scale and depth, this is hard to resist now, but should be even more impressive when it drops its muscle to show more elegance. Best from 2008 through 2030.  

94 – Domaine de Beaurenard 2003  

Big wine, with a wall of structure around a core of black currant, blackberry and fig fruit. Plenty of exotic spice, dark chocolate, licorice and graphite notes skitter in the background, with a long finish that drips with fruit. Best from 2008 through 2025.  

93 – Domaine de Beaurenard cuvée Boisrenard blanc 2003  

Big, smoky praline aromas lead the way for this exotic white, which shows the heat of 2003 in its dried pineaple, mango, graham and glazed peach flavors. Has plenty of grip and minerality on the explosive finish. Could develop, but I prefe it now for its exuberance. Drink now through 2008.  

90 – Domaine de Beaurenard blanc 2004  

Lovely stone fruit aromas and flavors, with hints of almond and mineral as well. Long, stony finish shows balance and precision. Drink now through 2008.  

86 - Domaine de Beaurenard 2003

Red cherry, floral and spice notes ride supple tannins to an elegant finish, where a hint of garrigue peeks in. Drink now.

Belle dégustation de Châteauneuf 1995 dans le dernier Wine Spectator.

Ten years later, a forgotten vintage has matured superbly and offers value

Châteauneuf du Pape, the Southern Rhône’s leading appellation, has never been better thanks to a strong run of recent vintages (excepting 2002) and a boom in the number of quality-oriented producers. Amid this recent success, the 1995 vintage has been largely forgotten. Ruggedly tannic when young, these wines faded from collector’s radar screens as more opulent or accessible vintages came along, beginning with the blockbuster 1998.

Domaine de Beaurenard  

Châteauneuf du Pape Boisrenard 1995

Vibrant and ripe, with plum, Turkish Deligth, mocha, smoked apple wood and raspberry ganache aromas and flavors that cascade over a ripe, racy structure. Everything takes an encore on the power-packed finish. Drink now through 2020

Domaine de Beaurenard

Châteauneuf du Pape 1995

Ripe and mature, with lots of plum, rhubarb and blackberry fruit followed by mineral, rose petal, tobacco and sweet licorice notes. Silky tannins support the finish, where the dark fruit notes linger nicely. Very fresh. Drink now through 2013.

Voici un nouvel article sur le Châteauneuf du Pape blanc 2004

Wine Spectator Insider (Vol. 2 N°. 2)

Outstanding wine from the Rhône Valley tasted by James Molesworth

90 points - Paul Coulon et Fils

Châteauneuf du pape White Domaine de Beaurenard 2004

Lovely stone fruit aromas and flavors with hints of almond and mineral. Long, stony finish shows balance and precision.

Nos 1500 meilleures bouteilles de l’année   

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par les trois meilleurs sommeliers du monde »  

Domaine de Beaurenard  

Châteauneuf du Pape rouge cuvée Boisrenard 2003  

Suave, finement boisé. Joli travail sur les tanins qui apparaissent fins et veloutés.