Château de Beaucastel’s new £15mn ‘wine chapel’

Winemakers for five generations, the Perrin family owns Château de Beaucastel, the southern Rhône estate often dubbed (to their slight annoyance) “the Pétrus of the south”. “It is one of the greatest estates of Châteauneuf-du‑Pape,” says Wines of the Rhône author Matt Walls. “In many ways it’s a yardstick by which others can be measured. It creates wines of gothic splendour, cathedrals in a bottle.” The Perrin name is also touched with glamour: since 2012, the family…