CHAPOUTIER CNP BARBE RAC 2006 1.5 FUTURE

  

"The 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac boasts classic kirsch liqueur, licorice, and loamy soil notes intermixed with some resiny pine forest nuances. The wine is full-bodied, soft for this cuvee, with low acidity and ripe tannin. Again, it is quite forward, very sensual, and will be delicious when released next year and age nicely for 15 or more years. The great terroiriste and biodynamic farmer of the northern Rhone, Michel Chapoutier, continues to display impressive talent for turning out strong wines from the southern Rhone even though his undeniably strengths are his single-vineyard wines from the north."-Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 2/29/08