brown spices
licorice and mint: very Barbera
mushroom and walnut-skin character
it exhibits a dense ruby/purple color to the rim along with a luxurious bouquet of cedarwood
developing rustic qualities and more developed fruit in the next eight to twelve years
Chapoutier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Barbe Rac 2011 Pinot Noir brown spices93 Wine Advocate 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