Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Pure Vintage:2016 don’t think about touching bottles

don’t think about touching bottles until at least 2020

white currants and peaches

Conterno’s Barbera officially carries the Cascina Francia vineyard designation to differentiate it from a new single-vineyard Barbera from the Cerretta vineyard the estate will release beginning with the 2008 vintage

more volume and it's quite open and expressive

finishing with dark chocolate

Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Pure Vintage:2016 don’t think about touching bottlesPowerful, concentrated, plush, ripe and almost dense, there is a wall of dark, red fruit, jam, pepper and earthy notes. The full bodied,opulently, textured finish leaves you with spicy, pure kirsch, black cherry and pepper notes. Before tasting this bottle, I was aware of all the comments regarding secondary fermentations, so I looked for it. There were no issues with this specific bottle.