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LE VIEUX DONJON Rouge, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2021 Bottle
le vieux donjon
LE VIEUX DONJON Rouge, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2021 Bottle
About this wine
Le Vieux Donjon Rouge Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Le Vieux Donjon Rouge is usually a blend of 75% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah and 5% Cinsault, along with various other grape varieties added in small amounts. On average, the vines are more than 50 years of age, with many of the vines being older than 100 years.
The grapes are destemmed to various percentages, depending on the vintage. During fermentation at Vieux Donjon, all the grape varieties are vinified together, with the exception of the Mourvedre. The winemaking here is traditional.
Vinification takes place in traditional, square-shaped, red concrete vats and aged for 18 months in a combination of 80% foudres and the remaining 20% is aged in cement vats before bottling. The production is close to 4,200 cases per vintage.
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Expert Review
Ned Goodwin MW
2021 is a fine, pointed vintage after an ensuite of rather warm ones and 2020s inconsistencies. Superb cut of briary tannins to the thrust of salted olive brine, charcuterie and darker plum accents mulled in thyme, lavender and rosemary. For those who mistakenly find the southern Rhône's better wines heady, you are sorely mistaken in this instance. Sure, there is oomph. However, it is the refined structural latticework that maketh the wine. Precise and very fine, with the ferrous grunt of mourvedre weaving its dark arts.
96 points, Ned Goodwin MW.