Le Vieux Donjon

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend

9.310 ratings
9.45 pro ratings
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Red Rhone Blend
Tomato-Based, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Mushrooms, Onion, Pungent Cheese, Venison, Hard Cheese, Lamb, Pork, Beef
Top Notes For
Matt

Absolutely gorgeous! Deeply concentrated with alluring depth, almost bombastic but still maintains liveliness and pure drinkability. They nailed whole cluster and level of extraction. Beautiful texture, savory and lifted fruit components, almost semi-carbonic in character. Pure and ultra ripe black plum, logan berry, so much garrigue from scrubby herbs to lavender and candied olive, menthol, black peppercorn, vibrant Asian spices, leather, violets, citrus peel.

Absolutely gorgeous! Deeply concentrated with alluring depth, almost bombastic but still maintains liveliness and pure drinkability. They nailed whole cluster and level of extraction. Beautiful texture, savory and lifted fruit components, almost semi-carbonic in character. Pure and ultra ripe black plum, logan berry, so much garrigue from scrubby herbs to lavender and candied olive, menthol, black peppercorn, vibrant Asian spices, leather, violets, citrus peel.

Aug 8th, 2020
Eric Urbani

Lighter on the feet

Lighter on the feet

Jan 17th, 2019
Nicolas Greinacher

Medium ruby with pronouned aromas of violets, fresh, slightly cooked strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, red plum, cedar wood, christmas cake, and earth. On the palate, ripe and slightly chalky tannins along with high fruit concentration paint a full bodied wine with a long, lingering finish. I can easily imagine my score increasing as it matures, gaining even more finesse and complexity. The 2016 Vieux Donjon is a head turner. Drink from 2026 to 2041

Medium ruby with pronouned aromas of violets, fresh, slightly cooked strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, red plum, cedar wood, christmas cake, and earth. On the palate, ripe and slightly chalky tannins along with high fruit concentration paint a full bodied wine with a long, lingering finish. I can easily imagine my score increasing as it matures, gaining even more finesse and complexity. The 2016 Vieux Donjon is a head turner. Drink from 2026 to 2041

Sep 22nd, 2022
Benoit Duhamel

C’est du beau Chateauneuf-du-pape en jeunesse. C’est épicé, fruité, cerise et framboise avec des notes de violette, de prune et de garrigue. C’est assez puissant et doté d’une belle longueur !

C’est du beau Chateauneuf-du-pape en jeunesse. C’est épicé, fruité, cerise et framboise avec des notes de violette, de prune et de garrigue. C’est assez puissant et doté d’une belle longueur !

Jan 3rd, 2021
Andrew Caceres

Very nice Rhone GSM blend. Nice fruits and lingering finish.

Very nice Rhone GSM blend. Nice fruits and lingering finish.

Dec 13th, 2019
Mike Evans

Lots of pure red fruit and a little spice, pleasant but lacking more at the moment.

Lots of pure red fruit and a little spice, pleasant but lacking more at the moment.

Sep 29th, 2018
Stanley Barrios

Stanley had this 3 years ago

Stanley had this 3 years ago

Dec 4th, 2020
Mark Royer

Mark had this 5 years ago

Mark had this 5 years ago

Jan 17th, 2019
Quinn Roberts

Quinn had this 5 years ago

Quinn had this 5 years ago

Dec 19th, 2018
Benoit Duhamel

Benoit had this a year ago

Benoit had this a year ago

Nov 14th, 2022