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A rich and expressive nose: blackcurrants, blackberries Powerful and roundness in the mouth: an impressively long...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2008
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$134.28
This shows some of the vintage's raisinlike edge and slightly angular acidity, but the core of mulled damson plum,...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2009
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Even better is the 507-case cuvee of 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac. One of the wines of the vintage, this dark...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2015
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The 2015 Châteauneuf-Du-Pape Barbe Rac comes from a single vineyard on the western side of the appellation. Made...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2017
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The 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac is brilliant and up there with some of the finest vintages to date of this...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac 2018
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I’d put the 2018 Châteauneuf du Barbe Rac up against anything in this vintage. Coming from 100% Grenache brought...
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At the top end of Chapoutier's Southern Rhône hierarchy are the two sélections parcellaires from Châteauneuf du...
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The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois comes from a site on the eastern side of the appellation and, like its...
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$69.45
The 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape Croix De Bois showed beautifully, with the upfront, perfumed style of the vintage....
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More framboise, strawberries, dried herbs, and savory, loamy earth-like notes emerge from the 2020 Châteauneuf Du...
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93-95 The 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Croix De Bois is largely in the same mold, with beautiful strawberry and...
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$47.12
Blackberries, ripe cherries, Provençal garrigue, sandalwood, and savory flower notes all define the aromatics of the...
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M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf Du Pape Pie VI 2021
750ml - Case of 6
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$54.95
All from estate fruit and different parts of the appellation, the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape Pie VI is 85% Grenache...
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Melon de Bourgogne Red Rhone Blend Txakoli
One of the more unusual French grape varietals, Melon de Bourgogne has been grown in and around the Loire Valley for several hundred years. In fact, this grape was first planted in the Loire region of Pays Nantais back in the mid 17th century, after a devastating frost decimated most of the red grapes which were typical in the area. The winemakers of Pays Nantais were keen to cultivate vines which were hardy, high yielding, and capable of surviving another such frost, and so turned their attention to Melon de Bourgogne for this very reason. The native home of the varietal is actually in Burgundy, where it is still grown to a lesser extent.
Because Melon de Bourgogne produces naturally heavy yields, the vintners of Pays Nantais go to great lengths to reduce the amount of fruit the vines bear. This allows the finest characteristics of the grape to come forward, and also opens up the opportunity for it to express the wonderful granite and schist soils in which the vines are grown. Melon de Bourgogne is a minerally white wine grape varietal, with a very subtle set of fruit flavors. It is prized for its freshness and brightness, and is seeing a revival in the twenty first century as an excellent wine for pairing with a wide range of foods.