2006 | Domaine la Barroche | Chateauneuf du Pape Fiancee

Deep ruby-colored much lighter than the Fiancee, with beautiful notes of sweet kirsch liqueur, loamy soil, licorice, spice box, and high quality cigar tobacco, this wine is opulent, fleshy, and flamboyant with great purity. Long and authoritative through the finish, with huge but perfectly embedded, rounded tannins that take a back seat to the enticing spice, fig bread and licorice notes.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Pure looks to be nearly as brilliant as the 2007. One of the vintage’s most compelling wines, it should be drunk now and over the next 12-14 years. Deep ruby-colored much lighter than the Fiancee, with beautiful notes of sweet kirsch liqueur, loamy soil, licorice, spice box, and high quality cigar tobacco, this wine is opulent, fleshy, and flamboyant with great purity. It serves as a riveting statement to the greatness of old vine Grenache grown in sandy soils.

• James Suckling: Superdriven and pure, with a massive core of raspberry ganache and boysenberry fruit laid over dark spice, anise and floral notes. Long and authoritative through the finish, with huge but perfectly embedded, rounded tannins that take a back seat to the enticing spice, fig bread and licorice notes. This is a classic expression of Grenache. Best from 2010 through 2030.

Producer Information

Domaine la Barroche is a family-owned wine producer based in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The domaine was founded in 1703 by Alexandre Barrot and today cultivates the classic southern Rhône grape varieties Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah, as well as Cinsault, Clairette Blanche and Vaccarèse. The domaine's Grenache vines date back to the first part of the 19th Century, with older grape varieties such as Terret Noir and Clairette Rose also planted in the vineyard. In total, Domaine la Barroche encompasses 15 hectares (36 acres) of vines planted across the northern and northeastern sections of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. The grapes are cultivated on a variety of vineyard plots including Les Terres Blanches, Les Cabrières and Grand Pierre. In these plots, sandy topsoils and large pebbles (the iconic rolled pebbles, or "galets roulés") lie on deeper layers of limestone, with other plots occupying soils of red clay and red sandstone. The flagship Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine is a blend of predominantly Grenache, hand-harvested from 100-year-old vines, as well as smaller quantities of Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsaut. Each variety is vinified and aged separately: Grenache in old oak casks, Mourvèdre and Syrah in contact with their lees in barrel and Cinsaut in stainless steel tanks. This aging period takes approximately 18 months and the wine undergoes no filtration before being bottled. The domaine's second label, Pure, is made from a single plot of 100-year-old vines and is so-named for its specific terroir and dominant grape variety (97 percent Grenache). The white version, Pure Blanc, is 100 percent Clairette, aged in large-format demi-muid barrels of around 500 liters. Domaine la Barroche also makes Fiancée, a 50:50 blend of Grenache and Syrah grapes aged for approximately 18 months in a combination of Burgundy barrels and concrete vats. The Liberty cuvée is a southern Rhône red blend, incorporating fruit from the surrounding area and built around grapes grown in the Gadagne subregion of the Côtes du Rhône Villages and released under the Vin de France title.

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