Again, a TN request

Same problem (if getting good wine can ever be a problem),,. different wine.
2006 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (red). I checked on CellarTracker; the implication of the reviews was that it wasn't yet ready to be opened. Your opinions, please.
Thanks!

[Robin Garr]

Marlyne I can't testify personally to the 2006, but in general, Beaucastel takes 10 years or more. More significantly, even if you're of a mind to drink your Chateauneuf young, it tends to go through a "dumb stage" - in between "drinkably fruity-but-tannic" and "maturing" - where it offers neither youthful fruit nor the complexity of maturity but just not much but tannin. HOWEVER: At 9 years, an '06 might be nearing maturity, and 2006 is rated as an early-maturing year for CdP. It's always a tough call if you have only one bottle. It might be getting close. It probably couldn't hurt to wait a year or two more.

I hope someone with specific recent tasting experience will chime in, but this geneal advice for CdP has worked for me.

Thank you for your response. I noted in CellarTracker that a member had just opened this bottle, and had the same result you described...it was a decent CDP, but nothing special. I will plan to cellar it for a while longer; it needs to recover from it's flight here, if nothing else!
Thanks again! You Forum folks come to my rescue yet again!