Chateauneuf du Pape: Le Vieux Donjon Blanc 2009
Description
This relatively new offering from Lucien Michel has a wonderful purity of fruit and a long, elegant finish. A mid-weight palate of complex white peach, apricot and fig flavours is untainted by oak and is underscored by a clean acidity.
- Style: White Wine, Dry (Sec), Medium-bodied
- Region: Rhone, Chateauneuf du Pape,
- Producer: Le Vieux Donjon (Lucien Michel)
- Vintage: 2009
- Grape variety (Cépage): Bourboulenc, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Roussanne
- Wine pairing - drink with: White fish, Poultry
- Cellarage: Drink young, but will happily absorb 3-5 years bottle age.
- Vinification: The grapes are hand harvested at optimum ripeness from 10-year-old vines. They are then fermented at 18°C with malolactic fermentation being blocked to preserve the wines freshness. The wine is vinified in enamel vats prior to being fined and bottled the month after the following years vendage.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 14%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Châteauneuf du Pape: Le Vieux Donjon Blanc 2009
This fine white Châteauneuf’ is made from roughly equal volumes of Clairette and Roussanne. It is vinified in stainless steel and bottled the winter following the harvest. It is savoury and sapid with alluring fleurs blanches aromas, a well-delineated palate of white orchard fruit and a long, elegant finish.