Winery Barton & Guestier - Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Winery Barton & GuestierLes Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Barton & Guestier is a red wine from the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Rhone Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or lamb.

Taste structure of the Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape from the Winery Barton & Guestier

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Barton & Guestier in the region of Rhone Valley is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

tobacco, oak

Wine with earth taste

leather

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

On the nose the Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Barton & Guestier in the region of Rhone Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, chocolate or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak.

Food and wine pairings with Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Pairings that work perfectly with Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Original food and wine pairings with Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Winery Barton & Guestier matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac, country cabbage or oven roasted chicken.

Details and technical informations about Winery Barton & Guestier's Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Winemaker
Laurent Prada
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
15°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Christmas rose

Obtained in 1980 in the United States (California) by Harold P. Olmo and Albert T. Koyama by crossing S44-35c with 9117D. - Synonymy: no synonyms known to date (all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape - 2017
In the top 100 of of Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines
Average rating: 4.211110

The best vintages of Les Roches Noires Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Winery Barton & Guestier are 2017

Informations about the Winery Barton & Guestier

The winery offers 143 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the Barton & Guestier.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the region of Rhone Valley
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Top wine Rhone Valley
In the top 2000 of of France wines
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The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The wine region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape is located in the region of Rhône méridional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Pegau or the Château Rayas produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Châteauneuf-du-Pape often reveals types of flavors of iron, chestnut or red licorice and sometimes also flavors of tarragon, pencil shavings or cured meat.


The wine region of Rhone Valley

The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.

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The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.

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