Perfumed and surprisingly open, with gorgeous cedar, charcuterie, truffle, blackberry and currant-like fruit all soaring from the glass. Full-bodied, seamless and supple, with its tannin, fruit and acidity perfectly balanced, it’s just now on the cusp of moving from its adolescent stage into the early stages of maturity. Give bottles another 3-5 years and enjoy over the following couple of decades. The blend here is the classic, foudre-aged mix of 60% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, 10% Counoise, and 10% Syrah. Drink 2018-2038.
96 points – Jeb Dunnuck (eRobertParker.com, Feb 2015)

The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin is a blend of 60% Mourvedre, 20% Grenache, 10% Counoise, and 10% Syrah. Full-bodied, excruciatingly backward, and nearly impenetrable, it boasts an inky/blue/purple color in addition to a promising nose of new saddle leather, melted asphalt, camphor, blackberries, smoky, roasted herbs, and Asian spices. A huge lashing of tannin as well as a formidable structure result in the antithesis of its more flattering, forward, and voluptuous sibling, the classic Beaucastel. Readers lucky enough to come across this cuvee should plan on waiting at least a decade before it begins to approach adolescence. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2040
99 points – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #151, Feb 2004)

(a blend of 60% mourvedre, 20% grenache, 10% syrah and 10% counoise) Saturated ruby-red. Highly complex, very primary, inky nose hints at blackberry, black cherry, licorice, spicecake and tree bark; dominated by the mourvedre. Then dense, thick and sappy in the mouth, with brooding black fruit and mineral flavors and superb precision. Hints of meat and leather lurk, but, like the regular release, this is extremely backward and dominated by dark fruits. Offers superb thickness without any excess weight, and a wonderfully seamless, elegant texture. Finishes extremely long, with very fine tannins. A unique critter: a Chateauneuf du Pape with just 20% grenache. Likely to develop in bottle for two decades or more.

60% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache, 10% Counoise and 10% Syrah from old vines on the best Beaucastel plots. Generally only 750 cases made per year. Grapes are destemmed and the wine is aged for 18 months in used French oak barrels. Browning garnet with brick rim. Gorgeously aromatic with bottle-aged aromas of undergrowth, sweetly senescent red fruits, spicy, meaty, soy. Gorgeously fresh and complex and very long. (JH)

Only now is the wine becoming clear. And only now is it really open - a fireworks show, with great spark and smoke on the nose, a little hung game and spices. So exciting to stick your nose in, it's a carnival. Medium-bodied now, with a lovely freshness and fruitiness on the palate. A strong acid vein keeps things moving, and this still has a good tannic frame, though soft now, with great length and depth. This is what most wine lovers would want when opening a Châteauneuf: complexity, power, great aromatic display, and great satisfaction. Faultless.