Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee other_regions_australia Pretty and fresh red cherry

Pretty and fresh red cherry and purple fruit aromas

even suave

This will need plenty more time in bottle to show its best

I suspect it will be all of those things again in a number of years

Here too there is just enough reduction present to blur the nuances of the fruit though the hallmark spice elements do peek through

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee other_regions_australia Pretty and fresh red cherryHarvest before the rains and hitting a whopping 16. 2% alcohol, the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Fiancee (an equal split of Grenache and Syrah) certainly has a modern flair, but is nevertheless a smoking effort that's loaded with notions of cassis, blackberry, truffle, olive tapenade and pepper. Big, voluptuous, concentrated and full bodied, it's still young and unevolved, and will have more than two decades of overall longevity.