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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 10 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by D'Yquembe Mutumbo on 6/10/2022 & rated 92 points: Just a lovely wine, fully open after an hour in the decanter, showing everything that is lovely about CdP. Garrigue, dark berries, clay, assertive minerality. This is a strong buy under $100 right now if you like this style. (897 views) | | | Tasted by Andice on 12/30/2020 & rated 93 points: This is so good tonight. Great improvement over last bottle 2 years ago. Delicate minerality really shines through. Perfumed notes of red flowers, almost cote rotie like. Palate is light for CdP and almost resolved with just a tiny tannic bite at the end. Enjoyable (1450 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Warrior 1 on 3/26/2020 & rated 93 points: Dark garnet color with terroir on the nose. Light body with blackberry, dark cherry, tar, and spice. Extremely balanced from front to back with a nice lingering finish. Tannins are there but so balanced with the fruit they become an after-thought. After an hour, a touch of red fruit becomes noticeable. Pretty wine with nice age
-ability. I wouldn't be surprised if it lasted 10 more years. (1728 views) | | | Tasted by bablues on 12/19/2019 & rated 93 points: Had a 2013 Rhone old world vs. new world with the Barbe Rac going up against the 2013 Saxum Heart Stone. The Barbe Rac was much lighter in color as well as the flavor profiles. I really liked it, but just no match for the Saxum on this night. (1674 views) | | | Tasted by wernicke on 11/4/2019 & rated 85 points: Cannot compete as a CDP with janasse, clos, beaucastel etc. Can be safely ignored if this bottle is represenatative (1830 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 9/7/2015 & rated 92 points: Earthy, with a smoky, thyme and cherry note that stands out, the wine is silky, soft and polished with freshness and sweetness to the fruit. The wine is made with 100% old vine Grenache. (4257 views) |
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Vinous, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reds: The Flamboyant 2014s and the Structured 2013s (Apr 2016) (4/1/2016)
(Maison Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-pape Barbe-rac) Subscribe to see review text. | By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Châteauneuf du Pape: The Lively 2013s and Lush 2012s (Apr 2015) (2/1/2015)
(Maison Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-pape Barbe-rac) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/30/2014)
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- Read more about Chapoutier Hermitage wines - Discover Chapoutier Cote Rotie wine - Learn about Chapoutier Chateauneuf du Pape wineM. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape Barbe RacVin grandiose, connu et à la fois inconnu, vin aux multiples épithètes: "vins des papes", "vin aux quatorze cépages". C'est incontestablement un des rois de la Vallée du rhône, voire du vignoble français.
Le passé historique de Châteauneuf est très fourni.
Il faut retenir tout d'abord la période d'influence des papes, installés en Avignon au XIVe siècle.
Le village de Châteauneuf-du-Pape était alors la résidense d'été des papes (Jean XXII, Clément V, Urbain V et Innocent VI) qui imposèrent les vins de l'endroit.
Au début du XXe siècle, les vignerons n'eurent cesse de voir reconnaître leurs vins par une juridiction spécifique, ce qui fut fait en 1929 sous l'instigation du baron Le Roy de Boiseaumarié.
un peu à contre-courant, dans nos vins, nous n'utilisons qu'un seul cépage, le grenache. Il donne finesse et subtilité à un vin qu'on dit opulent et chaleureux.
Grenache.
Terrasse du quaternaire avec en surface de gros cailloux roulés issus de l’ancien lit du Rhône. La parcelle, produisant cette sélection parcellaire, a une géologie très complexe et variée. Les vignes sont âgées de 90 ans.
Un tri sévère est effectué à la récolte. Ce tri, obligatoire pour prétendre à l’appellation, permet de sélectionner les meilleures grappes.
Le grenache étant sensible à l’oxydation, les vinifications sont faites dans des cuves en béton fermées. La cuvaison dure environ 3 semaines (ce qui permet une polymérisation des tanins) à une température comprise entre 30 et 33°C. Seul le vin d’écoulage est mis dans cette sélection parcellaire.
En cuve environ 16 mois.
ROBE : grenat intense.
NEZ : impressionnante palette d’herbes, d’épices (réglisse), de chocolat et de fruits (fraise).
BOUCHE : ample, charnue, chaude et ronde. Densité exceptionnelle, longueur remarquable. Selon le millésime, le vin peut être conservé de 30 à 60 ans, voire même de 50 à 75 ans.
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Barbe Rac
Selection Parcellaire / Single Vineyard
Biodynamically grown certified
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red "Barbe Rac"
10 acres, 100% Grenache
This vineyard is littered with the famous "galets" or pudding stones characteristic of the area, but in reality the subsoil is far more important - quaternary terrace, with a complex and varied mixture of red clay and ferruginous sand. The vines are the oldest Châteauneuf-du-Pape vines in existence (about 90 years old age). This unique hilltop vineyard West of the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape makes some of the silkiest and most elegant wines in the region. Its biodynamic culture ensures the low yields (15-20 hl/ha) necessary to create a pure and intense Grenache-only wine. Late picking develops exotic aromas in this very well-built and long flavoured wine.
Grape variety
Grenache. 90 year old vines
Soil
Quaternacy terrace with a surface of shingles coming from the former bed of Rhône. The plot producing this single vineyard has a complex and various geological composition.
Harvesting
The grapes are carefully selected during the harvest. This sorting is compulsory and allows the selection of the best brunches of grapes.
Vinification
In vats made of concrete covered with epoxy resin as Grenache is sensitive to oxidation. The grapes are 100% destemmed, fermentation lasts about 3 weeks at a temperature which varies from 30 to 33° C. Only the free-run juice is used in this single vineyard.
Maturing
Ageing in vats for 14 to 16 months. Then 6 months ageing in bottle.
Tasting
Colour : Intensive garnet
Nose : Herbacy, spices (liquorice), chocolate, fruits (strawberry)
Palate : Ample, fleshy, hot and round. Outstanding density with an impressive length.
Ageing potential: +25 years
Matching food
All kind of meat. Large game. Stew
Closure
Cork
Copied from http://www.mchapoutieraustralia.com/content/barbe-racGrenache Varietal character (Appellation America) - Read more about GrenacheFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
Vintage Chart 1978 to Today
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