Cellar Favorite: 2015 Domaine Mathilde et
Yves Gangloff Côte-Rôtie La Barbarine

BY NEAL
MARTIN | OCTOBER 6, 2025

The
2015 Côte-Rôtie La Barbarine is an exquisite Northern Rhône wine that, after a
decade, is revving its engines, ready for a long and delicious life ahead. As
an ardent admirer of Yves Gangloff, just like my colleague and Rhône reviewer,
Nicolas Greinacher, and his predecessor, Josh Raynolds, I ordered this bottle
from the list at Club Bâtard on a rainswept Sunday afternoon in Hong Kong. The
nose immediately delivers everything you want from Côte-Rôtie: blackberry and
boysenberry fruit, just as Raynolds mentioned in <a target="_blank" href="https://vinous.com/wines/domaine-mathilde-et-yves-gangloff-cote-rotie-la-barbarine/2015">his original review</a>, time perhaps
accentuating the floral aspect as notes of iris flower and peony emerge. The
tang of autumn bonfire and flint soon join the chorus line. The weightless palate
has exquisite balance with perfectly acidity, vivid black fruit, crushed stone
and black olive tapenade notes, veins of blue fruit seeping through with aeration.
Precise, controlled and poised, the 2015 slips down the throat with ease whilst
persistently reminding you that this will be even better in another decade. 95/Drink
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