I agree. Interestingly enough, I "stumbled" upon the Coudoulet a couple of years ago and it became one of my go to wines. Then recently I purchased (and drank) a bottle of the 2019 Charteau Beaucastel and... liked it, yes, but for the price no more than the Coudoulet. Love the Coudeoulet!
I have just ordered up some of their CdP Rouge from the 2017 vintage which i am looking forward to getting stuck into in a few years time. In the meantime, I have also ordered up the 2018 Coudoulet du Beaucastel to keep me going untilthe CdP is ready. I have had 2013 Coudoulet several times last decade, and it was a delight to drink (better than many other producers many CdPs).
Is this really the only difference between the two wines? I’ve been told that although the two vineyards are across the street from one another, the Coudoulet does not taste even close to identical to the CdP. The Cote du Rhône wine has lower standards and is indeed a lesser quality wine, or so my research says.
Coudoulet has a higher Mourvedre percentile. Basically Grenache and Mourvedre are at 30%, then a couple of other varietals only. Chateauneuf has 13. A completely different wine. Coudoulet can be sold early. Let it age a bit and decant it well, then give it a go.You'll get the truffle/black tea notes of Chateauneuf, but nothing of the complexities of 13 varietals compared with only 4. It's a completely different wine. The soil is for the individual grape. How a wine is actually blended?...Another situation altogether. I say redo the video after you know these things.
I've had both, not at the same time (which is a good idea), but I can say that the Coudoulet is an EXCELLENT wine and a bargin at the price. The Chateau dP, yes is also an excellent wine, but not at 3-4 xs better (price) as the Coudoulet. All this IMO.
late response, but this guy is hocking nonsense. The soil is different and the level of equipment, sophistication and care in winemaking processes are also different between famille perrin and chateau de beacastel. I've tasted the coudoulet a few times and have never been impressed. It is a good value wine cotes du rhone, but that's all it is, better than some of the other big producers though. Beaucastel is truly a special expression of the cdp apellation. The purity of the fruit, the minerality, the balance and tannic structure are just not on the same level. I find the beaucastel to be a better value than the coudoulet personally and have never purchased the coudoulet. If this guy were mentioning the les sinards famille perrin cdp, i could kind of see what he was getting at, that wine is a spectacular value, made from newer vines at beaucastel and surrounding non-chateau grapes and at almost the same price point as the coudoulet.
