Chapoutier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Barbe Rac 2011 Sonoma yielding a very youthful nose

yielding a very youthful nose of red currants and red cherries

Insane notes of blackcurrant and blueberry fruits

Those classical wines were structured to last

and hints of game on the nose

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Chapoutier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Barbe Rac 2011 Sonoma yielding a very youthful nose93 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