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2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Fiancée

Wine Details

Producer

Domaine La Barroche

Place of Origin

France

Châteauneuf Du Pape

Southern Rhône

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

50% Grenache, 50% Syrah

Vintages

2022 2016 2013 2007 2006 2005 2004

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2026 - 2036

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Julien Barrot is on a quest to dial back the richness of his wines “even if the weather isn’t cooperating much in the last few vintages” as he seeks. Barrot told me he is looking for “more detail and structure, without hard tannins.” Today’s wines here, even the 2017s and 2016s, are a far cry, finesse-wise from the wines that Barrot was making in the early to late 2000s, when he “was trying for maximum power, maximum weight. You know, like so many young winemakers do when they want to make a name for themselves.” While he is pleased with how those wines are aging (and I mostly concur), he says that he does wish that they showed “a more light touch and more fresh, or red fruit” as they increasingly do now.

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