Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2011

Le Vieux Donjon est un Châteauneuf-du-Pape classique fin et d'une grande élégance. Ce vin long et savoureux est un assemblage à large dominante de grenache (souvent 75% et plus) est vinifié en cuve béton puis élevé 18 mois en foudres (pas de bois neuf). Très régulier d'un millésime au suivant, Le Vieux Donjon est toujours bien accueilli par la critique et par ses nombreux amateurs.

Détails:

Producteur:	Domaine Le Vieux Donjon
Région:	Rhône Sud
Appellation:	Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Millésime:	2011
Volume (en cl):	75
Couleur:	Rouge

Notes de dégustation

Wineadvocate

Starting with the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape, it’s a forward, supple and sweetly fruited effort that offers up loads of kirsch, garrigue, licorice and pepper on the nose. Playing in the medium-bodied, elegant spectrum, it will evolve nicely for 7-8 years.

Vinous 93

Vinous

Bright ruby. A heady bouquet presents candied red fruits, garrigue, woodsmoke and cured meat, with an exotic Asian spice quality gaining strength with air. Sappy, penetrating and seamless, offering sweet, concentrated red and dark berry flavors and a touch of licorice. The smoke and spice notes come back strong on the clinging finish, which is framed by silky, nicely woven tannins. This already shows terrific complexity.

Dunnuck 90-93

Dunnuck

Tasted as a final blend, the 2011 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape is already complex and upfront, showing loads of wild herbs, meat juice, licorice, and cherry liqueur aromatics, a medium-bodied, supple mouth-feel, and good, but not great concentration. It is clean and very well-made, yet by Vieux Donjon standards, is surprisingly approachable at this stage. While most likely best drunk in its first decade or so of life, it should still benefit from short-term cellaring.