Barbe Rac 2021
Rhône Valley - Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Ratings
Tasting notes
Appearance:
intense garnet.
Nose:
herbacy, spices (liquorice), chocolate, fruits (strawberry).
Palate:
ample, fleshy, hot and round. Outstanding density with an impressive length. According to the vintage, the wine can be kept from 30 to 60 years, indeed from 50 to 75 years.
Sommelier's advice:
All meats : marinated or in sauces. cheeses.
Grenache at its absolute finest! A powerful explosion of strawberry and raspberry notes with a smooth, dense texture and very appetizing palate. An exceptionally high quality wine!
All meats : marinated or in sauces. cheeses.
Grape variety/varieties:
Grenache
Harvest:
The grapes are carefully selected during the harvest. This sorting is compulsory and allows the selection of the best bunches of grapes.
Soil:
Quaternary terrace with a surface of shingles coming from the former bed of the Rhône. The parcel producing this single vineyard has a complex and various geological composition. Vines are 90 years old.
Vinification:
Grenache, being sensitive to oxidation, vinifications are made in concrete tanks. Fermenting lasts about 3 weeks (which allows a polymerization of tannins)with a temperature which varies between 30 and 33°C. Only the free-run wine is used in this single vineyard.
Ageing:
In vats for around 16 months.
Alcohol content:
14.5
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