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Châteauneuf du Pape: Le Vieux Donjon Rouge 2005

Châteauneuf du Pape: Le Vieux Donjon Rouge 2005

As one would expect, the 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape is formidably tannic, backward, and in need of 5-6 years of bottle age. Its dark ruby/purple color is accompanied by classic notes of sweet cherries, roasted herbs, meat juices, forest floor, and resiny underbrush. Deep, full-bodied, backward, and serious, this is a wine for patient connoisseurs. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2020+. 92+

Bottle

£48.00
Bottle (case)

£576.00

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Châteauneuf du Pape: Le Vieux Donjon Rouge 2005

Commendably (unlike most of the heralded Châteauneuf’ estates) Le Vieux Donjon do not produce any trophy-hunting ‘special’ cuvées. They make just one red wine that is consistently excellent. It is made from a traditional blend of 75% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre and 5% Cinsault that is fermented in vat and raised in large oak foudres for 18 months before bottling. The finished wine has attractive wild herb and berry aromas with a complex palate of briary hedgerow fruit supported by an elegant tannic structure. It comes into its own with 2-3 years bottle age but superior vintages will last for 2 decades or more.

Style: Red Wine, Dry (Sec), Full-bodied
Region: Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape
Producer: Le Vieux Donjon (Lucien Michel)
Vintage: 2005
Grape variety (Cépage): Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache Noir, Cinsault
Wine pairing - drink with: Beef, Casserole, Lamb, Hard Cheese
This is an Archived Wine
Cellarage: Drink 2007 - 2020.
Vinification: Low yields of ripe grapes are picked by hand from 80-year-old vines. They then undergo an alcoholic fermentation in cement vats for 18-21 days, followed by 2 months in cement tanks for a malolactic fermentation. The wine is left unfiltered and is bottled 18 months after the vendage.