2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac
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Tasting notes
100% Grenache. Harvested 29th September. Redcurrants again, but a touch more smokey with a hint of vanilla. Feels weightier, but again it's not heavy. Ink, violets and graphite coming through.
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FINE+RARE
Jeb Dunnuck
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Slightly deeper in color, the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac is a superb success in the vintage. Offering surprising richness and depth, with a medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated feel on the palate, it offers copious black cherry, leather, ground pepper and minerality on the nose. As with the other cuvees, it is a forward, fleshy vintage for the cuvee, yet it possesses fine tannin, terrific mid-palate depth and an all-around balanced, harmonious feel that should allow it to age gracefully. Enjoy it over the coming decade. Drink now-2023. Oct 2013, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
M. Chapoutier is one of the Rhône’s most famous and established producers. The company produces an incredibly broad range of wines at every price point – from everyday Côtes du Rhône to its top single-vineyard cuvées, both from estate-owned vineyards and purchased fruit.