Maison M.Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape Barbe Rac
- Red
- France
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Mourvedre
- Counoise
- Cinsaut
- Vaccareze
- Muscardin
- Tracked vintages
- 37
- Community notes
- 664
- Merchant offers
- 144
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 94/ 1002024 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 89/ 100664 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £56per 75 cl2021 · nearest vintage with a price · 3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2025
- Drinking window
- 2028–2045hold2024 vintage
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 137 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Southern Rhône Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red.
- Body4.6 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.1 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin2.9 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.9 / 5
- DrySweet
- Oak · oak, coffee, chocolate, tobacco, vanilla
- Black fruit · plum, black fruit, blackberry, dark fruit, blackcurrant
- Earth · leather, smoke, earthy, minerals, mushroom
- Red fruit · red fruit, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, sour cherry
- Spice · licorice, pepper, cinnamon, menthol, white pepper
- Dried fruit · prune, raisin, dried fruit, fig, dried blackberry
Grapes: Shiraz/Syrah, Mourvedre, Counoise, Cinsaut, Vaccareze, Muscardin. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
1990One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2021
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202494critic
- 202396criticunit not stated
- 202297criticunit not stated
- 202180drinkers£56 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2025
- 2020unit not stated
- 201996criticunit not stated
- 201896critic£42 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2021
- 201796critic£49 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2025
- 201695critic£62 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2024
- 201596critic£71 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2023
- 201494critic
- 201394critic£47 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, February 2018
- 201294critic
- 201192criticunit not stated
- 201095criticunit not stated
- 200994critic£92 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021
- 200894critic£46 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2019
- 200794critic£79 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, November 2016
- 200693criticunit not stated
- 200591critic
- 200484drinkersunit not stated
- 200393critic
- 200285drinkers
- 200194critic
- 200091drinkersunit not stated
- 199989drinkersunit not stated
- 199895critic
- 199790critic
- 199692critic£97 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021
- 199593critic£71 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021
- 199493critic£71 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, November 2021
- 199394critic£84 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2023
- 199286drinkers
- 199194drinkers
- 199096critic£156 / 75cl1500 ml in-bond trade, August 2021
- 198990drinkersunit not stated
- Drinkinginside its stated window
- Holdits window has not opened
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2022
- 97 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2012
- drinking, window 2015–2027
- Lowest price
- 2018
- £42 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £56 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, September 2025 |
| 2018 | £42 | 96 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2021 |
| 2017 | £49 | 95.8 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2025 |
| 2016 | £62 | 95 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, February 2024 |
| 2015 | £71 | 95.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2023 |
| 2013 | £47 | 94 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, February 2018 |
| 2009 | £92 | 94.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021 |
| 2008 | £46 | 93.6 | — | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2019 |
| 2007 | £79 | 94 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, November 2016 |
| 1996 | £97 | 91.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021 |
| 1995 | £71 | 93 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, July 2021 |
| 1994 | £71 | 93 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, November 2021 |
| 1993 | £84 | 94 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2023 |
| 1990 | £156 | 95.5 | — | per 75cl, from a 1500 ml in-bond trade, August 2021 |
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