Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 It completed 13 months in

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

At least some patience is recommended

rose hip tea and fallen leaves over a core of warm redcurrants

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

notes Soter

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 It completed 13 months inVivid 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