Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 It completed 13 months in

It completed 13 months in oval oak foudres and was in concrete waiting to be bottled when I tasted it in January 2024

At least some patience is recommended

There’s something about the combination of the hot year and the diminished yields—it has recoiled and recompressed the Viognier on top of and into the Shiraz and brought them into balance/harmony

notes Soter

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Vintage:2006 It completed 13 months inVivid ruby. Strikingly complex, expansive aromas of raspberry and blackberry, garrigue and brown spices. Open knit red fruit flavors are concentrated but in no way heavy, with a bracing mineral quality adding spine. The finish is sweet, broad and very persistent. This cuvee was previously called "Reserve." Josh Raynolds