Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee Vintage:2007 offering loads of perfume and

offering loads of perfume and powerful fruit in a seamless

but not a great vintage for Celestins

Youthfully reticent

Note that this should drink well relatively early on

white pepper and mouth scraping salinity on the finish

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Fiancee Vintage:2007 offering loads of perfume andHarvest 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.