Community Tasting Note

isaacjamesbaker wrote:

Thursday, August 9, 2012 - Wine Blogger's Tasting - 2010 Châteauneufs (MacArthur's - Washington, DC): Vieux Donjon is one of my favorite Chateauneuf producers and in 2010 they really kick it up a notch. This wine is incredibly young, but surprisingly expressive. Aromas of pure blackberry fruit, roasted herbs along with a shot of green pepper and dried seaweed. I can only imagine what this wine will smell like with a few years in the cellar. The palate shows strikingly pure flavors, fine tannins and fresh acid. It's full of smoke, game, strawberry and fig flavors, which are complex and perfectly woven together. There's a nice herbal kick on the finish that lingers for a very long time. I really think this wine needs 10+ years to develop, and it will probably drink wonderfully for another decade at least.

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