Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 the oak recedes and a

the oak recedes and a mineral element emerges

is getting close to full maturity

The wine has intensity

round and sappy middleweight flavors possess solid mid-palate concentration and a seductive texture before culminating in a bitter pit fruit and mildly austere finish

It completed 13 months in oval oak foudres and was in concrete waiting to be bottled when I tasted it in January 2024

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 the oak recedes and aVivid ruby. Strikingly complex, expansive aromas of raspberry and blackberry, garrigue and brown spices. Open knit red fruit flavors are concentrated but in no way heavy, with a bracing mineral quality adding spine. The finish is sweet, broad and very persistent. This cuvee was previously called "Reserve." Josh Raynolds