Chapoutier, Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac Vintage:2013 with a very deep ruby

with a very deep ruby color

This is quite an elegant wine with lovely harmony and strikingly good balance

this is a lush

This was a notoriously warm vintage that saw sugar and phenolic ripeness shoot up very quickly at the end of the growing season

finishing very long

Chapoutier, Chateauneuf Du Pape Barbe Rac Vintage:2013 with a very deep rubyFull ruby. Deeply pitched aromas of dark fruit preserves, incense and smoky Indian spices, with a mineral element adding vivacity. Stains the palate with intense black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors, with a spicy element providing lift. Sappy and pliant on the finish, which hangs on with noteworthy tenacity and building sweetness. Josh Raynolds