Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee Vintage:2007 white pepper and mouth scraping

white pepper and mouth scraping salinity on the finish

(from a bottle shipped directly from the domaine)

but not a great vintage for Celestins

Youthfully reticent

Relatively strong reduction flattens the fruit and renders the nose impossible to comment on

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee Vintage:2007 white pepper and mouth scrapingHarvest before the rains and hitting a whopping 16. 2% alcohol, the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Fiancee (an equal split of Grenache and Syrah) certainly has a modern flair, but is nevertheless a smoking effort that's loaded with notions of cassis, blackberry, truffle, olive tapenade and pepper. Big, voluptuous, concentrated and full bodied, it's still young and unevolved, and will have more than two decades of overall longevity.