Domaine de Baronarques Domaine de Baronarques

This wine is good and also a good value, but it has never quite gotten to the WA rating. I have had 2025 as the back end of the drink window, but I might extend that a year or two. It did not taste like it was tiring.

The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, blackberry, orange, prune and black pepper. It tastes like blackberry and black pepper. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. need a few years for its best.

One hour decant before tasting. Deep ruby colored. Butterscotch dominated the nose with perhaps some red fruit udnerneath. Medium bodied with high tannins and low air. Strong granite/slate flavors with some dark fruits that emerged with air and a pronounced spiciness throughout, especially on the finish. Good value at this price.

Staring to get really good. Wish I had more to hold and see what it can be in a few years.

Opened for one and a half hours. This bottle showed signs of evolving to the WA rating. Drinking well right now.

Still not up to the WA rating, but still good and a good value. Continues to have the hint of decadence/fruitiness that I like.

Opened for an hour, but did not decant. Was a little better on the second night......so, will open earlier and decant the next time. This is an elegant wine with a touch of decadence. I like the style. Not up the WA rating right now, but sense it will improve.

Big strong well made wine, but somewhat one dimensional. Five years in and still too early to tell if it will get more interesting or if this is as good as it gets. Saturated inky/purple. Ripe berry nose with a whiff of smoke. Rich full bodied ripe fruit flavors coat the tongue. Decent finish fades to a slight green-stem bitterness at the end. Not much secondary flavor development yet. More than decent with food, and plenty of stuffing for the …

had to decant

Delicious wine with black fruit, very smooth tannins, ending on a long finish. Very nice nose. Well made wine that goes well with food. It has composition of: 60% Merlot 13% Cabernet Franc 7% Cabernet Sauvignon Mediterranean varieties 11% Syrah 9% Malbec Maturing 25% new barrels 75% 1- to 3-year-old barrels

Dark blue fruits and some olive notes on it. And kinda angular on the palate maybe just neeeding time but it's already five years in. And I'm being told it's $70; which is way over to me.

Mainly Bordeaux varieties but then other stuff. Mediterranean. Smells like boredeaux on the nose, maybe a touch of a Mediterranean flair but kinda good stuff.