1996 Chapoutier Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac Duo (1990 & 1998)

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Tasting notes
Score 94/100 · Drink 2000-2021, Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate, Sep 2016

Starting with the 1996 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac, this single vineyard effort is 100% Grenache that comes from a site in the western portion of the appellation. Starting out a touch funky, it cleaned up beautifully with time in the glass and offers a perfumed, complex and sweetly fruited bouquet of ripe cherries, black raspberries, rose petals and flowers. Pure, fully mature, silky and perfectly balanced, it is a fabulous example of mature Grenache to enjoy over the coming 4-5 years.

Critic scores

Critic scores
90
90/100

Robert Parker

94
94/100

Jeb Dunnuck

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90 points
Robert Parker
Score 90/100 · Robert Parker

The 1996 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac displays an exotic nose of barbeque spices, burning wood, and sweet cherry fruit. The plum/cherry color reveals some lightening at the edge. The wine is full-bodied and dense, with copious spice, tobacco, and earthy notes. This rich, chewy, outstanding Chateauneuf du Pape is one of the finest wines of the vintage. Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900|| Wine Advocate.February, 1999

94 points
Jeb Dunnuck
Score 94/100 · Jeb Dunnuck

Starting with the 1996 Chateauneuf du Pape Barbe Rac, this single vineyard effort is 100% Grenache that comes from a site in the western portion of the appellation. Starting out a touch funky, it cleaned up beautifully with time in the glass and offers a perfumed, complex and sweetly fruited bouquet of ripe cherries, black raspberries, rose petals and flowers. Pure, fully mature, silky and perfectly balanced, it is a fabulous example of mature Grenache to enjoy over the coming 4-5 years. Sep 2016, www.robertparker.com

88 - 90 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 88-90/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

Medium red-ruby. Cherry, coffee, tobacco and damp earth on the nose; slightly port-like and very grenache. Exotic flavors repeat in the mouth; concentrated but not especially vibrant. Perhaps in a dumb phase today. The tannins today seem distinctly drier than those of Chapoutier '96 syrah wines.

About the producer

M. Chapoutier
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Product details

Grape Blend

Syrah / Shiraz, Garnacha Blanca/Grenache Blanc, Mourvedre/Monastrell/Mataro

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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