Chapoutier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Barbe Rac 2011 Rhone Rouge along with the noble signs

along with the noble signs of age—cedar

Sweet (from glycerin and high alcohol

this is a massive wine

it’s another fully mature yet regal

93+ (12/2015)

Chapoutier, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Barbe Rac 2011 Rhone Rouge along with the noble signs93 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