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Famille Perrin
Famille Perrin links Château de Beaucastel estate wines with Miraval rosé and bottles from Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas.
At A Glance
| Field | Detail |
| Producer | Famille Perrin |
| Base | Château de Beaucastel, Courthézon |
| Core places | Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas |
| Rosé names | Miraval and Studio by Miraval |
| Red names | Château de Beaucastel Rouge, Les Sinards and La Gille |
| Defining cellar feature | Thermal skin treatment and large oak foudres at Beaucastel |
The Producer
Famille Perrin has two linked working parts. François Perrin and his brother Jean-Pierre created the négociant brand in 1997, and Pierre Perrin has directed its operations since 1999. The same family owns Château de Beaucastel, the Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate in Courthézon.
Miraval operates under Famille Perrin from Château de Beaucastel and carries a portfolio of rosé and white wines. Beaucastel supplies the estate wines, while the wider range includes bottles from Gigondas and further rosé releases under the Miraval name.
The house therefore works across estate wine and négociant production. Beaucastel provides the historical estate, Miraval provides a separate rosé and white wine branch, and Famille Perrin connects both under one family operation.
Place
Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas supply the Rhône red addresses in this range. Château de Beaucastel Rouge and Les Sinards carry Châteauneuf-du-Pape, while La Gille carries Gigondas.
The appellation names separate two red wine settings. Châteauneuf-du-Pape carries the Beaucastel estate wines and Les Sinards, while Gigondas carries La Gille. Miraval occupies the separate rosé side of the portfolio.
Soil And Site
At Gigondas, La Gille is grown on sandy safres soils. Sandy ground drains freely, and the wine is described as supple without heaviness. The site gives the Gigondas bottle a softer feel within the red range.
Story
Jean-Pierre and François Perrin took over the direction of Beaucastel in 1978, after Jacques Perrin managed the estate until then. Their succession followed a farming shift already underway. Beaucastel had begun organic farming in 1950 and had moved to biodynamic practices by 1974.
The family handover came after those vineyard changes. Beaucastel's later wines come from an estate whose farming had already moved from organic work into biodynamic practice.
Vineyards And Cellar
Beaucastel holds 130 hectares of land, with 100 hectares planted to vines. Three quarters of those vineyards sit within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation.
The estate plants all 13 grape varieties permitted by AOC rules in its blend. The broad grape selection gives the wine several sources of aroma, colour, acidity and tannin before blending.
Before fermentation, grape skins are heated to 80°C and cooled to 20°C. Heating can extract colour and flavour from the skins, while cooling brings the must to a temperature suited to fermentation.
The wines then age in large French oak foudres for roughly one year. Large oak vessels allow gradual oxygen contact and oak seasoning with less direct oak flavour than small barrels.
Wines
The portfolio divides into two colour families. Miraval and Studio by Miraval are rosés. Château de Beaucastel Rouge is the Beaucastel estate wine, while Les Sinards is a Châteauneuf-du-Pape red and La Gille is a Gigondas red.
The Rhône reds therefore move between an estate wine, another Châteauneuf-du-Pape bottle and a Gigondas bottling. La Gille has silky tannins, giving the red range a soft textured point alongside the deeper Châteauneuf wines.
In The Glass
Miraval rosé is floral, with grapefruit and white peach on the nose. The palate is fresh, carrying white fleshed fruit, saline notes and a lemony edge.
Studio by Miraval shifts toward red berries and cherry blossom, followed by blood orange and redcurrant with a mineral feel through the palate. The two rosés differ in fruit register while keeping a fresh shape.
The red wines move to darker aromas. Les Sinards is deep garnet, with undergrowth, truffle, wild strawberries and violets. Its full bodied palate brings fine tannins, stewed wild strawberries, morello cherries and smoky notes.
La Gille brings fruit paste and strawberry jam, finishing with black pepper. Its sandy Gigondas origin keeps that fruit profile supple instead of heavy.
A Bottle To Understand It
Choose Miraval Rosé. It combines Cinsault, Grenache, Rolle and Syrah in a single rosé cuvée under the Miraval name.
The bottle presents the rosé branch before the Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas reds. Its four grape varieties also make the composition easy to identify, giving the range a clear starting point without moving into Beaucastel's estate red wines.
Anecdote
In 1549, Pierre de Beaucastel bought a barn and associated land at Coudoulet. The property changed hands centuries later, when Pierre Tramier acquired Beaucastel in 1909 during the phylloxera crisis. Tramier's ownership came with a vineyard that had to be rebuilt, and the vineyards were rebuilt under his ownership. The Beaucastel property therefore has a recorded beginning with Pierre de Beaucastel and a recorded recovery under Pierre Tramier.
Final Word
Famille Perrin joins a Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate, a Gigondas red and Miraval rosé under one family operation, with Beaucastel's broad grape planting and foudre ageing at its centre.
Sources
- https://www.bbr.com/producer-6578-la-famille-perrin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teaudeBeaucastel
- https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/rhone-wines-cote-rotie-hermitage-chateauneuf-du-pape/chateauneuf-du-pape-wine-producer-profiles/beaucastel-chateauneuf-du-pape-rhone-wine/
- https://m.familleperrin.com/1777D1DDK6
- https://www.miraval.com/en/a-work-of-art/miraval-rose/
- https://m.familleperrin.com/2S15LE
- https://m.familleperrin.com/1F6ZME