Hm, probably not a perfect bottle. Quite light color, slightly unbalanced nose. Notes of baked fruit, some overripeness, vanilla, nice sweetness - but an irritating pharmaceutical note combined with alcohol. This is resulting in a slightly unbalanced finish which I am not used to from Janasse. Definitely not as good as the Chaupin 2009.
From magnum — decanted for 90 minutes. An elegant, balanced, beautiful wine. Fully mature, no hard edges, long finish. Black fruits dominate the flavor profile. This wine would complement most any beef, lamb, or pork dish — in our case it paired very nicely with pork tenderloin. A quibble perhaps, but we found it slightly lacking in the “wow” factor. It was for us a wine to enjoy with a great meal rather than a wine that itself was the center of attention.
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Nez séduisant de viande grillée, de petits fruits rouges et noirs entremêlés. La texture est phénoménale! Aérienne et tendre, toute en finesse et volupté. Un superbe vin, savoureux et raffiné. Je n’aurais pas pensé qu’il se mesurerait d’égal à égal avec le suivant. Un duo d’anthologie! 96 pts
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Sharing this with my pote Jean Louis in mougins over a Sunday lunch in July. 2h decant. Served with le dessert. Deep ruby color. Mushroom, truffles, ripe red fruits, medicinal nose with slight alcoholic waft. Med+ acidity, high alcohol, full body, med flavor intensity, med tannins and med finish. Quite medicinal mouth, slight greenness, mushroom, ripe red fruits, black pepper, a bit sirupy and rather high on the alochol side. Not fully balanced so maybe a longer decanting? I am not sure this wine will age better, main concern being over cooked fruits and high alcohol. Still very enjoyable tertiary notes.
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Deep, complex dark fruit aroma with a hint of barnyard and earth (although the barnyard blew off with some air).
Robust, full bodied flavor with notes of blackberry, black currant, black cherry, and some crisp red berries too. Spicy berry finish. Ripe flavor profile overall.
Well balanced and powerful with lively acidity, robust tannins, and a decent amount of alcohol (alcohol really apparent at first). Silky smooth texture. Paired well with food.
This might improve, but it might not. Time to drink up but no rush.
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For once, I followed my own recommendation and let this one rest for seven years - and you know what? It still needs more time. With that said, a couple of hours in the decanter were enough to get past an initial closed, tannic, slightly alcoholic phase and blossom into a more fruit-driven, balanced, and complex wine over the course of the evening. It still has its rough edges (a bit high on alcohol, assertive tannic structure on the finish), but perhaps in another 7-10 years those remaining tannins will have settled down.
With that said, if you were hoping for an old-school CdP, I don't think this will ever be that.
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23.7.22 first Glas. From coravin. I intend to drink the bottle over a period of a month: heavy, very thick, so different from an elegant wine as I normally like. sweetness is the first impression when entering the mouth, but taste is not sweet, a slight bitter aftertaste. not as much liquorice I expected. Lots of tannins left
1.8.22 A week after my first glass from Coravin I drank an other glass tonight. This time wine was very balanced , medium body, refined, lots of red and dark fruit, a little bit of smoke, tannins very well blended in. Very enjoyable right out of the bottle. Best was within the first 30 min.
8.8.22 A third glass Tx to Coravin 10 min after pouring. nose: dark fruits, slightly ripe with a strong smell of … Hungarian salami. First time I smelled that in a wine. Taste: medium body, slightly bitter barbecue sauce, liquorice and kirsch, tannins more pronounced and sensation of high level of alcohol in the glass (without tasting any unpleasant taste of alcohol)
3.9.22 Last Glass drin same bottle Smell of a bottle that was open for too long dominates. Rest of aromas are moderate Cold smoke of cigarette but the good side of it ( really weired to write this) and still Hungarian salami. Dark fruit pickled in alcohol Taste: medium body, high alcohol as last time, dark ripe fruit, slightly salty, sweet liquorice. Spicy finish Still good balance between acidity, tannins and sweetness but unfortunately
Conclusion Can be kept at least 5 more years. Should be decanted for 2 hours. Wine deteriorated since opening. Coravin is very good for up to 2 weeks.
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Medium dark red color. Garrigue and cherry bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, forward, with only modest tannins right now. Very good length. Excellent character.
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Plus concentré, séveux et structuré que le Chaupin, moins charmeur aussi mais plus profond. Encore jeune, j'ai préféré Chaupin ce soir là mais celui-ci va probablement le dépasser dans quelques années. Revoir en 2025. 92+ pts
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Showing really pretty out of the gate with lush fruit and a nice hint of spice. Palate is pleasingly smooth and finish is lasting. No decant needed, pop and pour and drink in about 5 hours as the heat starts to overwhelm. Pretty consistent with most of the 2009 CdPs I've had in the last year. I doubt this will benefit from additional age.
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Nose was dominated by plummy red and black fruit, some heat, and candied red cherries. Tannic, hot and overly ripe body full of acid and full bodied. Long finish but definitely needs many many many more years. Maybe just not for me.
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Excellent 2009 CdP from Janasse. 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 3% Mourvèdre, 2% undefined. Black fruit, black cherry, tobacco, smoke, and graphite fill the mouth and dance on the tongue, a long slow dance.
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Rich, fat, dense and concentrated but without any heaviness. Everthing in balance. Blackberry, black cherry, espresso, smoke, blueberry. Soft, silky, elegant,and slightly sweet.
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The wine was mute, on the nose nothing good to report. In the mouth there was some substance, but I was expecting much more from this high-scored wine. I suspect a flawed bottle but I am not going to buy another one just for the curiosity.
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Decanted about an hour. Opens with big and bright reddish fruit and orange peel. Pleasant spice notes. I'm sensitive to overdone CdP, but fortunately this one showed well with not a lot of excess heat. Near the end of the bottle, new notes of bacon emerged making me think this one still has some development ahead.
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GrandCuvee - CDP Dinner (New Ubin Seafood - Chijmes): Punchy aromas, that of blackberry, pepper, grass, dried roses, and a blast of herbs. Fairly acidic, tannic, and quite some flavours of cassis, grass, pepper, and green herbs. The herbal feel persisted into a fairly long finish, with the cassis fruits appearing intermittently in between. Great!
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Pop and pour and followed for a day. Definitely better after 4-6 hours of air. Started a bit worrisome, maybe a bit stewed and pruney, with a hint of barnyard, but with air, opened to blackberry, plum, black cherry, yeah, some stewed fruit, cordial cherry candies, herbs, and dusty earth on the nose. Tart cherry, blackberry, blueberry, stewed plum, chocolate, licorice, herbs, and earth on the palate. Really nice acidity that lightens this up, fine integrated tannins, long monster finish. No heat. Huge wine, but manages to be light on its feet. Impressive. Certainly not something I would want to drink all the time though.
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I liked this one more than the last, as this one had about 2 hours to decant, but this is still a hot, stewy wine thT doesn't hold a candle to the best years of this wine. All stewed plum, cassis, and blackberries with not enough secondary flavored shining through the alcohol and fruit to call this anything more than a good, but not great, wine.
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Doing very fine for a hot year, this is beginning to find itself as a local wine; still some oak, some extraction and rather obvious winemaking, but also spice and garrigue here. Very fine and still young. 92+ #BenjaminGras#Enomania
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Very intriguing wine, had it at a blind tasting and it felt like a high end Sangiovese from Italy, then I thought it was a Cabernet base blend from Wala Wala... boy was I wrong.
This wine is a full body, balanced and perfect integration between acidity and fruit. It doesn’t have the obvious profile of French wines from other appellation which makes it a great choice for blind tastings. I’m sure many will get it wrong...
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Sýndum Fífu Coravin græjuna. Frekar ljóst á litinn. Smá öldrun í kantinum. Útihús, eftirpartýlykt, súkkulaði og dökk kirsuber í ilmi. Mikill ávöxtur í bragði. Mikill ferskleiki og flott jafnvægi. Glæsilegt vín.
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Coravin Kraze (Njálsgata 6): Frekar ljóst á litinn (miðað við CdP a.m.k.) Smá öldrun komin í jaðar. Í ilminum mátti finna leysiefni til að byrja með. Þau hurfu við þyrlun en í staðinn kom lakkrís og krydd. Lítill ávöxtur til að byrja með á tungunni. En lakkrís, sæta og kryddvöndull til að byrja með. Eftir smá tíma þá duttu inn kirsuber og eftir aðeins lengri tíma þá komu krækiber. Vín í virkilega góðu jafnvægi sem breyttist stöðugt í glasinu. Gaman að fylgjast með því. Besta vín kvöldsins (fyrir utan Silexinn sem var í sama klassa). Ég hafði lesið í CT nótum að hitastigið mætti alls ekki vera of hátt á víninu. Ég hlýddi því og vínið var smakkað milli 16 og 17°C.
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A total stunner - actually one of the better Chateauneufs ever produced according to my humble palate. At first sniff, this effort brings me back to the cool efforts of Hermitage. But of course the ample fruit and the overall complexity expose its true origin rather soon. The combination of mostly Grenache with some Syrah added to it, is so complex and adds so many layers to the nose, any wine aficionado will get goose bumps. There are white flowers, white pepper, after a few minutes classical and luxurious dark fruit appear. Adding these components are a perfect balance as well as elegance. The palate is so clean and shows an absolutely massive power. However it is also kept tightly together - which proper cellaring will change in due course. Tannins come across as rather soft and silky tonight. The young harsh tannins are history, while the primary fruit is not. This wine still needs a good decant if served now. The finish just goes on and on and lasts in my memory for several days. The complexity and the mix of cool impressions with elegant heated Grenache power is just thrilling. A wonderfully good wine, which still deserves all the merit it could ever get!
Given the controversial nature of this wine this first bottle will be tasted in phases: First, pop and pour right from the cellar (~ 57 degrees)...Nose: Very blue fruited with cement qualities and a roasted, almost stewed quality. Palate: Blueberries, blackberries, and a bit of the cooked quality others have noted but it drinks fine due to the cool serving temp. Finish is medium with good acid levels.
After 1 hour decant (mag decanter). Still the same qualities as PnP but with the blue fruits replaced by more black fruits on the nose. Palate is the same but with more minerals. Temp is still cool.
After 2 1/2 hours decant. Happily the heat has faded with air but still many of the same properties both on nose and palate. My final summation of this wine is more like the 86-88 point scores than those exhuburant folks going in at 92 points or higher. The wine is enjoyable, but quite frankly I'm mystified as to how Parker could EVER score this 99 points. It just isn't anywhere near that and any objective reviewer would have to concede the metrics are simply not there. Will be interesting to see what my last bottle will yield years down the road, but even at the great $99/bottle price I paid this dissappoints.
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Had this at dinner so not a ton of time to open up but this did not live up to expectations. A hot wine with a dark fruit, cassis, and window cleaner nose and a full palate of primary fruit, including black cherry, raspberry, and rich roasted blackberries. For those that favor this rich, lush style, this wine will play well, but this felt a bit too heavy handed from the winemaker. Maybe another 5-8 years in the bottle will help....
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Totally lovely and still one of the best wines I have ever tasted from this appellation, the 2009 Vieilles Vignes delivers prime drinking tonight with power, elegance and refined complexity. As usual there is absolutely no heat, no residual sweetness, no disintegration. The wine is simply gorgeous! The nose exhibits a cascade of deep mature fruit which is so clean I am totally amazed. There is plenty of sun warm heather, lovely violet accompanied by that type of "flowery" component this producer is a master at accomplishing. Of course the spice box and sweet licorice are both present too. The palate follows through with perfect and elegant integration between acidity and fruit. Tannins are silky and the palate is totally and beautifully integrated and balanced. But do not be mistaken, there is still enough texture and structure to make this effort last for a long time... The length on the finish just goes on and on. - I am very impressed by this effort. (score is 98+)
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First of all this is not a wine that one can PnP - that would be like trying to wrestle with a gorilla. Once decanted it begins to evolve, initially huge in every category it begins to mutate and change - isn't that the definition of complexity? The tannin, fruit, flavors, and darkness slowly come into balance. This time I am going to finish the bottle before the optimal point is reached, but that only leaves me excited about the next time. Without a doubt this is a great wine but it will leave tasters struggling as they grapple with its awesome facets trying to coalesce into immortality.
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This wine is a monster. Bizarre, overripe and with clearly too little freshness and drink flow. Deep dark, almost black - somewhat dull in color. The nose and palate are completely lined with an aromatic carpet of plums and fruits from the rum pot / cooked fruit. Full body, thick and creamy. The soft tannins show no resistance. Completely made wine. Fat aromas, but much too little freshness in the mouth. The high alcohol (15.5%) bites in the nose. The alcohol eats the fruit. Older years are similar and there seems to be no return.
This wine has great pedigree but it has a long way to go to be good. The nose has a good amount of fruit and flowers but in the mouth it falls apart with a lot of woody notes and almost an aerosol like finish.
Tannins are extremely firm. Just not a pleasant drink at this stage.
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Opaque colour, very dark and dense. Nose: intense aromas of very dark fresh and cooked fruits, chocolate, liquorice, blackberry. Also very intense on the palate, juicy; polished tannins, very strongly influenced by the wood, dark fruits. Made, highly concentrated wine, can eat it rather than drink. This wine has everything a great wine should have, but by all too much. The surface is still pretty cool, but among them is a hot, cooked fruit, that I don't like. Perhaps with a few years maturity better, but sure not, because on day 2 in the bottle, the wine had clear oxidation notes.
Decanted for 6 hours before service. In the glass, clear, dark ruby red. On the nose, grenache liqueur with a burst of crushed raspberry. On the palate, very fruit driven, with raspberry leading the way, and secondary notes of wood and saline, with a tannic, hot, and somewhat alcoholic finish. This is either evolving at a glacial pace, or it will never find a good balance, but it's too early to know which way it's going. We'll see if I follow my own recommendation to myself - hide this away for another 7-10 years.
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Chocolate, garrigue, berries reduction, and a port-like licorice on the back end. This wine is very dense and muscular on the nose. However the palate was overly stewed so I will refrain from rating this as I feel like the bottle quality is questionable.
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Very concentrated nose of dark ripe cherries, hint of salinity and licorice... Very very concentrated, ripe black fruit with nice freshness behind, great great wine!!!
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Had this wine at the beginning of the dinner, thinking that it might be to light / jammy to compete with the goose. This was the right decision. It was decanted and it shined after one hour. Delicious stuff. Still lots of primary fruit, seductive nose and a long finish.
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(Decanted for two hours.) The color is medium ruby red with brilliant highlights. The nose is slightly reticent but emerges with a little coaxing. Ripe cherry and blackberry scents are joined by smoke, coffee, wet soil and a spicy blue flower component. The wine is medium-bodied, supple and sexy in the mouth. The cherry, boysenberry and blackberry flavors are very pure, lively and buoyant. More understated flavors of coffee and soil "ground" the fruit and enhance overall complexity. The tannins are very suave and the wine ends with an impressively long finish that is both creamy and silky. All of the above suggests that this beautiful wine will be long-lived. What a perfect example of an elegant southern Rhône wine! Those who say they do not like Châteauneuf-du-Pape should really try this one: in size, weight, texture and nerviness, it is vaguely reminiscent of a fine red Burgundy.
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Did not have the best showing compared to the other bottles I enjoyed earlier. It could also be that there was too much competition at the table (Brunello, Napa, Bordeaux). :-)
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Opened, had a glass, and put the rest in the refrigerator for 36 hours. Impressive upon opening but more relaxed and coherent the next day. Meaty, bloody, Christmas pudding, dark berries, firm tannins that work, sublime acid balance and long finish. This is like Mayweather in a tutu. Excellent.
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--- COLOR: Deep purple-garnet with medium garnet rim NOTE: MUST DRINK THIS BETWEEN 60-65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. Below that temp range you wont get the nuances in the nose. Above that range the alcohol simply dominates the other elements, esp in the mouth and finish. In the zone the nose is like singed pink rose petals (that's a first), garrigue, raspberry liqueur, amarena cherries, anise, cherry pipe tobacco, dark-chocolate-covered candied orange peels (yep). This is one of those amazing Janasse wines. But keep it cool y'all! Mouth has a nice medium-heavy weight, somewhat puckering tannins (that takes a couple points off and may melt away with a few more years in bottle), full of fresh black cherry, pomagranate, red currant jam, cracked black pepper, tobacco and leather. The mouth really strikes me as being more of a Pinot Noir, but just a little more edgy/peppery. The finish is just lovely at 30+ seconds, but still quite tannic like the mouth, and I get a lot more Zinfandel-like brambly black and red berry fruit along with the tobacco.
It's a lovely wine that will probably improve a couple points with a couple more years, though it drinks well now with a 6-10 hour decant. Just be sure to keep it at the optimal temp range or you won't get the enjoyment you should. This is a much "fussier" VV than Janasse usually puts out.
Bottle breathe for 3hrs+, regret that this bottle was the last one to consume after a bunch of Pauillac GCC (2000-2006). Nose with elegant red fruits, sweet spices. Super smooth fine ripe tannins, silky texture, red fruits palate, you cannot detect the alcohol even though it is 15.5%, long length.
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This is definitely a rich and hedonistic wine. There is a little barnyard funk initially ( probably from the 10% Mourvèdre ) but it dissipates with minimal aeration. The initial attack is monstrous with deep rich fruit. There is kirsch and black/red licorice everywhere. Even at this early stage the tannins are sweet and integrated. This just cries out for a seared Cowboy steak and skillet potatoes. The finish is long and lingering. Did I mention licorice ? Great QPR if you can find it at a $100-$125 price point.
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This took about an hour to open up. Dense, sweet, extracted with heat at finish. Not ready yet, will take at least another 5 years to get everything together. Hopefully alcohol will not overhelm other components. (A-)
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Incredibly rich, fat, dense and concentrated, yet there is no heavy texture, as everything is in balance. The wine offers a modern style with some espresso bean, smoke, licorice, black cherry liqueur and blue fruit characteristics. The wine is long and intense. This really leaves a lasting impression in the finish.
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Très riche, extrait, glycériné. Il souffre un peu du manque de fraîcheur qu'on retrouve dans plusieurs 2009. Il faut toutefois lui donner une chance, il s'agit d'un vin très jeune qui pourra peut-être devenir grand d'ici 10 ans.
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dégustation (Dégustation verticale du Domaine de la Janasse): Le nez coup de poing! Que je déteste au début....Explosif, avec de la volatile, du soya, du fruit intense.....On s'attend à Une brute.... Or la bouche est la moins concentrée de la soirée jusqu'ici (serait-ce 2011?). Une texture élégante, mais aussi une chaleur alcoolique avec une amertume en finale. Un vin très jeune et pas en place, que j'ai beaucoup mieux goûté par le passé. À revoir dans plusieurs années, il paraitra beaucoup mieux. 91+ pts
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- Brick color and aromas of licorice anise, black pepper and rose. It's balanced and has flavours of honey, licorice anise, cloves and tea with a medium/full body. Bright texture with a long finish - 93+
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Beautiful nose of leather, roasted meats, loamy forest floor and dark cherry with a hint of clove. The taste is well integrated and sumptuous. More fruit than expected with dark fruit,very ripe raspberry and a hint of caramel. Soft tannins with lots of life left. Not huge but smooth and pretty. Perfect with a cassoulet
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Dinner at Philipp’s place: The WOTN. Accompanying leg of venison with truffled potato broccoli puree and leek vegetable.
Clearly different to the 2007 Brunello Caparzo La Casa we had before. Less oak, more fruit. And clearly a CdP. I prefer this one to the Chaupin when served with food. If not, vice versa. For me this wine is not closing down compared to drinking it almost a year ago.
Ready for business and a treat for the nose and tongue. Wow!
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Chateauneuf open a few hours before. A deep red color with shades of blue. A powerful smell of ripe red fruit, very strong, especially blueberry, cherry and jam, all clean and crisp, with a lot of alcohol (15.5%) and soft woody notes. In the mouth, an acid attack very long, rich red fruit and a powerful web of dense tannins, still a little astringent and sandy, to smooth over time. A final warm, very alcoholic (high). My first experience with a big chaeauneuf, I find this young wine, but pleasant to drink especially in the coming years ... decades. Score 95 +
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nose - red licorice, and lots of it mouth - one small sip and you can sense the concentration this wine has, wow! rich ripe raspberries with prominent heat, and a long sappy finish. first sips are exhilarating, but quickly my palate tires. I would love to try this again in 15 years. WA99 points, so dont listen to me...
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Very powerfull nose with ripe black cherries, garrigue and herbes de Provence... some very silky tannins, very smooth almost sweet black cherries, quite long aftertaste... very good, but a bit too much at this stage, needs a bit of time to integrate...
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Sometimes I feel blessed. Blessed to be alive. Blessed to be well. Tonight I feel blessed I have one of the world's best wines in the glass. The 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes is as perfect tonight as last time I tasted it. There are no flaws at all, except a bit of youth. No heat, no residual sweetness, no disintegration. The wine is simply profound!
The nose expresses a cascade of deep mature fruit which is so pure you can almost feel the grapes. There is an abundance of sun warm heather, beautiful violets, subtle lilacs and a whiff of sweet licorice. The palate follows through with perfect and elegant integration between acidity and fruit. At the back-end of the palate some tannins are speaking up, but they just tell me this wine is in it for the long haul. There is no heat to be found and the balance is just amazing. The length on the finish just goes on and on and the wine "clings to the cheekbone" in a way that makes me sigh. I am utterly impressed by this effort.
So, why do I keep giving this wine a perfect score over and over again? I guess because that is the only thing I can do. When a wine has no flaws it means it is perfect to me. No matter how hard I try I cannot find anything that would reduce the score. Domaine de la Janasse produces some classy and good efforts, but the 2009 Vieilles Vignes is better than good!
Same note than before. More masculine than the 2009 Chaupin. Whereas the Chaupin is fully enjoyable already now, the VV might need some more time. And also some veal to pair it with.
Being home with your spouse, enjoying the evening and drinking a 2009 Chaupin and then a 2009 VV. How much better can it get? :-)
Bought this in January for 85 €.
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Couldn't ask for more at this stage. Velvety. Incredible mouthfeel. Wonderful fruit, but not too sweet. Sits somewhere between old and new world, I think fans of Cali Rhones would really enjoy this wine now. Outstanding.
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Good nose. More forward than previous bottle opened 6 months ago. Cashmere like texture, smooth and silky. Medium to full bodied with sweet tannins. Great balance and harmony from get go. Sensuous wine.
Lots of reviews on this wine, but I think the thing that resonated was the balance. Agree that this can be an early drinker (tannins are still there, however), and thought this was very pleasurable. After having a number of the Janasse VVs and Chaupins, however, I have to ask whether they are too sweet? Certainly delicious, but will they last in the long term?
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La Janasse at The Oxford Wine Circle (Oxford University): Extremelly rococo and in the Vieilles Vignes style, it's fruity and velvety but got outbeaten by the 2010. This compact Chateauneuf du Pape is a real treat though. Its legs were fat to present a velvety purple robe opening on some black berries fruits. The minute 50+ secondes final was a balad in a provencal market underlining the authenticity and modernity -because it is as sophisticated as it gets- of this beauty.
Drink now as it's in a perfect place.
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I did 60-70 tasting notes here at winecellar, my highest score so far was 94. But this wine blew me away! I opened it and offered this to my friends. Everyone was like 'WOW!' especially as they haven't tried CdPs before. We are living in a Tuscan world. We all fell in love with this wine. No need to decant or wait four more years. It was just perfect as it was. Fruity, elegant, class, style, it really had the 'Uff, - wow!' - factor. I would be happy if I would be able to get more of this for 90 €. However, this is not the case anymore. Janasse seems to be hyped that much, the market just exploded. Glad, I have 10 more different sorts of Janasse in my cellar. One of this left and 3 of the 2010 (which I bought for 130 €). The good thing is, I don’t need to wait for the perfect time, I can just enjoy it!
Today this wine was amazing. Splash decanted and served with steak. The nose was a bouquet of finely ground white pepper with hints of berries. There was no heat and the balance was near-perfect. A joy to drink!
Popped and followed over several hours. In a style and with a texture that I associate with high RP scores for the region. More expressive nose than the ’10 with plum, candied cherry, and some mild sandalwood and spice. Palate is lush, with concentrated fruit showing a touch of red fruits but mostly dark fruit with currants and plum. Has a hint of blue fruit which the ’10 didn’t have. Plush, opulent, concentrated fruit, with a bit of glycerin making this very easy to drink. No hint of heat or imbalance. Long finish adding some mocha and earth to a fruit filling finish that lasts seemingly forever. A surprisingly forward ’09, only showing a little coarse tannin after extended air. I think there’s enough structure here to age, but it’s the balance that is most reassuring. Great wine if a fan of the more ripe “clean” style.
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Very subtle and elegant nose, comparatively Janasse Chaupin 2009 nose was a lot more exciting. Notes of blue berry, cherry, licorice, and tobacco. Medium-bodied with low acidity. Alcohol at 15.5% but no heat. Smooth and sweet tannins. The finish was good but not very long initially. It's a bit like drinking a Burgundy. This wine had PERFECT balance, every components seems to integrate seamlessly together on the palate. It's drinking well, but the wine really show its stuff 30 hrs after uncorked, people utting on more weight and complexity but still retained perfect balance. Nose was showing a lot more floral too. Full-bodied, great concentration, and long finish. It was quite an experience to see this wine transformed over 30 hrs. Better than Janasse VV 2001. Need to buy more of this.
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The nose gorgeously displayed dried guarrigues and red berries; this Janasse was already gorgeous from this point. Its concentration reflected its deep black velvet dress. In the mouth, it was structured and fine, the final lasting so much time and the tannins melting on my pallet...wow!. This was a great, lovely wine, that offered a seducing showing, making us forget the terribly hot summer weather in which we were tasting it! I loved it. This Janasse Vieilles Vignes merits a great deal of attention since it really is a Grandiose Stuff!
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The epitome of a perfect wine? The 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes delivered a magical experience tonight. This wine is a true gem, a masterpiece so meticulously crafted it will shine like a diamond at any dinner table or in any wine tasting.
The nose reveals beautiful very pure dark fruit, morellos, subtle cedar wood, a lot of heavy spice and a gentle touch of garrigue. The palate is full-bodied with extremely integrated fruit, fine grained tannins, luxurious oak and subtle yet present acidity. There is no "residual sweetness" and the length on the finish just keeps going and going. At 15.5 percent alcohol there is not the slightest heat to be found. There is such balance in this effort, I get goosebumps. In the future, this effort will hopefully become even more integrated and expressive. Drinking it tonight might be close to infanticide.
What tipped this wine from my previous score of 98 to a pure 100 is the perfect balance, the lovely integration and the absolute purity. I simply see no flaws, other than the wine being too young to drink right now. But why should youth be allowed to be a "disadvantage"?
We tasted this effort with a 2009 Jaboulet Thalabert Crozes-Hermitage and a 2009 Santa Duc Prestige des Hautes Garrigues Gigondas. Both these wines are superb efforts too, but compared to the 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes after a couple of hours they felt simple, "oaky" and one-dimensional.
So, a 100 points it is.
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Some Great Wines for Spring Break; 3/4/2012-3/18/2012 (Avignon, Vaucluse, France): Glorious nose of old vines of grenache, syrah and mourvedre. The mouth was definitely spicy with toasted guarrigues and provencal spices. The final was gorgeously prolonged by touches of wood and forest. It was a very beautiful wine but I regreted serving it too late (decanted 5h). This Janasse Vieilles Vignes 2009 might hit perfection with time. 99
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Nez explosif de reglisse rouge, d'herbes sèches, de kirsch. La bouche est riche et me semble + alcooleuse que la précédente. Belle pureté, de bons tanins enrobés, beaucoup de fruit. Beaucoup de fraîcheur pour un 2009. Très beau potentiel. 94+ pts
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Holy moly what a huge wine! But, not in a new world wine kinda way. I could still taste my food when I sipped this alongside. I could go back and still taste a Pinot in another glass. This hit that pleasure point of a big stand alone sweeter wine but also had me craving more lamb stew. A palate full of blueberries and red fruit, chocolate, green fresh herbs, olive, spice, fruit cake, fig, pepper, roasted meat, and vanilla. Sweet florals, bright red fresh fruit, orange, fig, tobacco filled my nostrils. It felt like there was some depth to this wine. Delish now, and I really would like to taste in 10 years to see where this is going.
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Efter nån dryg timmes luft öppnade den ganska OK i doften; kryddor, vanilj, lite stum i frukten. Tyvärr saknar smaken frukt, den är brännande och har en ton av blöt papp. Gahhh!
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Decanted and drank over 8 hours, accompanied with veal entrecote after 6 hours. Did not need food in my opinion. I did not expect this wine to be so nice this young. Nice to drink just after opening it and it increased in complexity over the hours I drank it. The relatively low levels of acidity and tannins make it nice to drink today. I hope that there is enough backbone in it to last until the fruit has mellowed down and the wine has evolved into the elegant and complex wine it has the potential to be. On the nose; Lots of dark fruit, pepper, subtle notes of stable, initially a hint of oak. On the palate; Silky sweet tannins, jammy dark fruit, cherry, sweet licorice. An extremely rich and succulent piece of work. More backbone would have awared the wine some more points, this time 94p with potential for more points next time...
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Avec P. Désy Spectaculaire! Une bombe de fruit, dont l'opulence et la fraîcheur évoquent les quelques 2010 goûtés cet été. La texture est joufflue, c'est un magnifique alliage de finesse et de puissance contenue, le seul petit bémol étant un petit coté confit en finale, plus typique du millésime. Un grand Châteauneuf, très long, expressif et gourmand. 95 pts
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The 2009 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is one of the best wines from this appellation I have ever tasted. It is a complex, multi-layered effort flirting with perfection. The nose is extremely pure and clean but with so much typicity I am amazed. Blackberry, mature strawberry, stable, wet saddle leather, herbs, garrigue and sweet licorice neatly permeates a close to profound nose. The palate is full and lush, yet elegant and very well kept together. Nothing is over the top here. Tannins are soft and sings a harmonious song together with the lovely acidity and subtle luxurious oak. A must buy for any Châteauneuf lover.
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Mistakenly pulled this and not the 03 Chaupin, and uncorked w/o looking. Able to decant for 1 hr, and again deanted at Tuyo for an hr+ before imbibing. Still, not nearly enough time or age. It may turn out to be the Wine if the Vintage as hyped by RP, I CAN'T BEGIN TO FATHOM IT??? Yet Janasse is one of my favorite CdP producers, and the V.V. is allways great, so with time it should evolve beautifully. At this point a dark restrained elixir.
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Dark red; deep concentrated nose with licorice; very deep and concentrated attack, long nice aftertaste, balanced tannins; much deeper and structured than the 08 also tasted; very good
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2011 Simple Dinner Series 14 :: Ed's big day (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): Alcohol :: 15.5% Double decant for 8hrs and decanted again for 3.5hrs. Obviously the preparation is not long enough (need a day.... =.=) to bring out the full beauty of this brilliant juice. The nose is incredibly deep, complex and broad-shoulder that filled with kirsch, spices, smoke, sweet dark fruits along with crushed stone, blue floral scents for the liveliness and focus. This super powerful VV is muscular, opulent and expansive on the palate, yet with laser like focus and precision all wrapped in an unctuous texture which boosted the finesse deep within. The concentration is unreal yet so fresh and lifted by the solid, polished structured as well as massive level of very silky, sweet tannin. This has everything for the long haul. 2009 is more a forward drinking vintage? I don't think so, at least for this. The powerful, succulent finished lasted more than 30sec and lingered with spices, sweet dark fruits and mineral. 94-95+
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2009 Janesse was lovely and delicate on the nose, with wonderful top notes of spice and fruit. Still closed, the body with tight be big and I expect it to become a lovely brute with time.
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Having read the other tasting notes given on this wine so far, I must admit that I simply don't agree. This is an amazing wine which can be consumed right now (with the proper "preparation")! Tried this in a vertical tasting (00-09 Vieilles Vignes), and it might be the bombardment of alcohol from the previous 8 bottles (small tasting samples) that impacted this tasting note - but I choose not to believe so.
This is a young wine and therefore it was double decanted 4 hours prior to tasting, and WOW what a wine!! No other word for it! WOW! It beat the 07 (by a small margin but still..) and this was the opinion of everybody at the table. I gave it 99 pts but maybe this a bit conservative and it should be bumped up 1 pt more. It is tour de force of 'Neuf! Nothing less. Wine of the night - maybe wine of the vintage??
Tasting notes: classic dark berries (blueberry, blackberry), anis, crushed pepper. 60 sec finish. It had it all.
Bought 6 bottles - and luckily still have 5 left! Maybe I should go out and buy a few more before others snap them up.
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Not even close to being ready, but can see the potential. Obtrusive tannin, nice fruit and acidity, starting to show some underlying complexity after 2+ hours.
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Poured a small glass out, then recorked for 3 hours. Notes are from serial tasting over next two hours.
Very young, some candied grenache fruit on the nose, not much in the way of savory components at this point. Great structure/balance, perhaps missing some desired acidity, and red fruit with a dense wall of oaken tannin that shuts the wine down to a large extent after a while, leaving some darker fruit elements at the medium-long finish. Good to great potential, but I don't foresee a 'blockbuster'. If I had to guess +5 years, 93-94.
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Au domaine Plus puissant que Chaupin, très fin et long, une continuité dans le style mûr et gourmand, mais avec une réelle finesse et des tanins soyeux. Magnifique, grand vin! 95 pts
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vielles Vignes—So closed but oh so good. Cassis, blackberry, toast, light smoke. Drying tannins on the finish. Finish goes for 2+ minutes. Didn’t spit a drop of this. Carried it around while Isabelle gave us the cellar tour. Changed very little in 30ish minutes. Needs TIME!
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1/28/2024 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Hm, probably not a perfect bottle. Quite light color, slightly unbalanced nose. Notes of baked fruit, some overripeness, vanilla, nice sweetness - but an irritating pharmaceutical note combined with alcohol. This is resulting in a slightly unbalanced finish which I am not used to from Janasse. Definitely not as good as the Chaupin 2009.
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12/23/2023 - Winer1956 Likes this wine: 95 Points
From magnum — decanted for 90 minutes. An elegant, balanced, beautiful wine. Fully mature, no hard edges, long finish. Black fruits dominate the flavor profile. This wine would complement most any beef, lamb, or pork dish — in our case it paired very nicely with pork tenderloin. A quibble perhaps, but we found it slightly lacking in the “wow” factor. It was for us a wine to enjoy with a great meal rather than a wine that itself was the center of attention.
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10/12/2023 - d'Artagnan wrote: 96 Points
Nez séduisant de viande grillée, de petits fruits rouges et noirs entremêlés. La texture est phénoménale! Aérienne et tendre, toute en finesse et volupté. Un superbe vin, savoureux et raffiné. Je n’aurais pas pensé qu’il se mesurerait d’égal à égal avec le suivant. Un duo d’anthologie! 96 pts
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8/4/2023 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Similar to prior notes after a 90 min double decant; outstanding, drink or hold (no rush)
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7/23/2023 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine: 92 Points
Sharing this with my pote Jean Louis in mougins over a Sunday lunch in July. 2h decant. Served with le dessert. Deep ruby color. Mushroom, truffles, ripe red fruits, medicinal nose with slight alcoholic waft. Med+ acidity, high alcohol, full body, med flavor intensity, med tannins and med finish. Quite medicinal mouth, slight greenness, mushroom, ripe red fruits, black pepper, a bit sirupy and rather high on the alochol side. Not fully balanced so maybe a longer decanting? I am not sure this wine will age better, main concern being over cooked fruits and high alcohol. Still very enjoyable tertiary notes.
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7/7/2023 - Wine_Poobah Likes this wine: 97 Points
Remembering Dad. From Magnum.
Deep, complex dark fruit aroma with a hint of barnyard and earth (although the barnyard blew off with some air).
Robust, full bodied flavor with notes of blackberry, black currant, black cherry, and some crisp red berries too. Spicy berry finish. Ripe flavor profile overall.
Well balanced and powerful with lively acidity, robust tannins, and a decent amount of alcohol (alcohol really apparent at first). Silky smooth texture. Paired well with food.
This might improve, but it might not. Time to drink up but no rush.
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12/19/2022 - awever Likes this wine: 94 Points
Hervorragend, viel Depot, wird sich noch ein paar Jahre weiter entwickeln
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9/27/2022 - jshufelt wrote: 92 Points
For once, I followed my own recommendation and let this one rest for seven years - and you know what? It still needs more time. With that said, a couple of hours in the decanter were enough to get past an initial closed, tannic, slightly alcoholic phase and blossom into a more fruit-driven, balanced, and complex wine over the course of the evening. It still has its rough edges (a bit high on alcohol, assertive tannic structure on the finish), but perhaps in another 7-10 years those remaining tannins will have settled down.
With that said, if you were hoping for an old-school CdP, I don't think this will ever be that.
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7/25/2022 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Similar to prior note after a 90 min double decant; outstanding & near perfection for my preference of CDP, at peak, drink or hold (no rush)
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7/23/2022 - ackerstube Likes this wine: 93 Points
23.7.22 first Glas. From coravin. I intend to drink the bottle over a period of a month: heavy, very thick, so different from an elegant wine as I normally like. sweetness is the first impression when entering the mouth, but taste is not sweet, a slight bitter aftertaste. not as much liquorice I expected. Lots of tannins left
1.8.22 A week after my first glass from Coravin I drank an other glass tonight. This time wine was very balanced , medium body, refined, lots of red and dark fruit, a little bit of smoke, tannins very well blended in. Very enjoyable right out of the bottle. Best was within the first 30 min.
8.8.22 A third glass Tx to Coravin 10 min after pouring. nose: dark fruits, slightly ripe with a strong smell of … Hungarian salami. First time I smelled that in a wine. Taste: medium body, slightly bitter barbecue sauce, liquorice and kirsch, tannins more pronounced and sensation of high level of alcohol in the glass (without tasting any unpleasant taste of alcohol)
3.9.22 Last Glass drin same bottle
Smell of a bottle that was open for too long dominates. Rest of aromas are moderate
Cold smoke of cigarette but the good side of it ( really weired to write this) and still Hungarian salami. Dark fruit pickled in alcohol
Taste: medium body, high alcohol as last time, dark ripe fruit, slightly salty, sweet liquorice. Spicy finish
Still good balance between acidity, tannins and sweetness but unfortunately
Conclusion
Can be kept at least 5 more years. Should be decanted for 2 hours.
Wine deteriorated since opening. Coravin is very good for up to 2 weeks.
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2/11/2022 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 93 Points
Medium dark red color. Garrigue and cherry bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, forward, with only modest tannins right now. Very good length. Excellent character.
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1/1/2022 - awever Likes this wine: 94 Points
Hervorragend
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12/23/2021 - jnymann wrote: 100 Points
Perfect
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10/22/2021 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Plus concentré, séveux et structuré que le Chaupin, moins charmeur aussi mais plus profond. Encore jeune, j'ai préféré Chaupin ce soir là mais celui-ci va probablement le dépasser dans quelques années. Revoir en 2025. 92+ pts
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7/23/2021 - Pearls_b4Swine wrote: 97 Points
really perfect
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7/17/2021 - JMFWC Likes this wine: 93 Points
Showing really pretty out of the gate with lush fruit and a nice hint of spice. Palate is pleasingly smooth and finish is lasting. No decant needed, pop and pour and drink in about 5 hours as the heat starts to overwhelm. Pretty consistent with most of the 2009 CdPs I've had in the last year. I doubt this will benefit from additional age.
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6/5/2021 - Andice wrote: 90 Points
Over the top for me. Raisin sweet notes dominate with some heat. Barrossa vibe
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12/10/2020 - mchern02 wrote: 89 Points
2 hour decant
Nose was dominated by plummy red and black fruit, some heat, and candied red cherries. Tannic, hot and overly ripe body full of acid and full bodied. Long finish but definitely needs many many many more years. Maybe just not for me.
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11/9/2020 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Double decanted for 2 hours, deep ruby, black & red fruit with spice, med. tannins, long finish; outstanding, entering its window, drink or hold
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1/22/2020 - tedcholl Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent 2009 CdP from Janasse. 85% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 3% Mourvèdre, 2% undefined. Black fruit, black cherry, tobacco, smoke, and graphite fill the mouth and dance on the tongue, a long slow dance.
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12/3/2019 - tedcholl wrote: 92 Points
Rich, fat, dense and concentrated but without any heaviness. Everthing in balance. Blackberry, black cherry, espresso, smoke, blueberry. Soft, silky, elegant,and slightly sweet.
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11/28/2019 - cskdv wrote: flawed
The wine was mute, on the nose nothing good to report.
In the mouth there was some substance, but I was expecting much more from this high-scored wine.
I suspect a flawed bottle but I am not going to buy another one just for the curiosity.
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11/3/2019 - gmbdds wrote: 93 Points
Decanted about an hour. Opens with big and bright reddish fruit and orange peel. Pleasant spice notes. I'm sensitive to overdone CdP, but fortunately this one showed well with not a lot of excess heat. Near the end of the bottle, new notes of bacon emerged making me think this one still has some development ahead.
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11/1/2019 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 94 Points
GrandCuvee - CDP Dinner (New Ubin Seafood - Chijmes): Punchy aromas, that of blackberry, pepper, grass, dried roses, and a blast of herbs. Fairly acidic, tannic, and quite some flavours of cassis, grass, pepper, and green herbs. The herbal feel persisted into a fairly long finish, with the cassis fruits appearing intermittently in between. Great!
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10/20/2019 - MTwine66 wrote: 92 Points
Sweet fruit on the nose. Needed a couple hour decant and then smoothed out. But if cedar and darker berries in the palate.
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6/11/2019 - rmh66 wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour and followed for a day. Definitely better after 4-6 hours of air. Started a bit worrisome, maybe a bit stewed and pruney, with a hint of barnyard, but with air, opened to blackberry, plum, black cherry, yeah, some stewed fruit, cordial cherry candies, herbs, and dusty earth on the nose. Tart cherry, blackberry, blueberry, stewed plum, chocolate, licorice, herbs, and earth on the palate. Really nice acidity that lightens this up, fine integrated tannins, long monster finish. No heat. Huge wine, but manages to be light on its feet. Impressive. Certainly not something I would want to drink all the time though.
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2/9/2019 - D'Yquembe Mutumbo wrote: 93 Points
I liked this one more than the last, as this one had about 2 hours to decant, but this is still a hot, stewy wine thT doesn't hold a candle to the best years of this wine. All stewed plum, cassis, and blackberries with not enough secondary flavored shining through the alcohol and fruit to call this anything more than a good, but not great, wine.
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11/20/2018 - beatles wrote: 92 Points
Doing very fine for a hot year, this is beginning to find itself as a local wine; still some oak, some extraction and rather obvious winemaking, but also spice and garrigue here. Very fine and still young. 92+
#BenjaminGras#Enomania
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6/1/2018 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very intriguing wine, had it at a blind tasting and it felt like a high end Sangiovese from Italy, then I thought it was a Cabernet base blend from Wala Wala... boy was I wrong.
This wine is a full body, balanced and perfect integration between acidity and fruit. It doesn’t have the obvious profile of French wines from other appellation which makes it a great choice for blind tastings. I’m sure many will get it wrong...
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5/20/2018 - bitdrerik wrote: 95 Points
Sýndum Fífu Coravin græjuna. Frekar ljóst á litinn. Smá öldrun í kantinum. Útihús, eftirpartýlykt, súkkulaði og dökk kirsuber í ilmi. Mikill ávöxtur í bragði. Mikill ferskleiki og flott jafnvægi. Glæsilegt vín.
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5/10/2018 - Frank Schneider wrote: 95 Points
5 h of decanting !!! Soooo young. Still moniltic sweet. This has not found all the parts. But they are all in. Wait 3 years !!! 95++
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4/20/2018 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big brawny, sweet, Grenache nose, balanced, young but delicious with air, decanted for 3 hours
93+
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4/2/2018 - bitdrerik Likes this wine: 95 Points
Coravin Kraze (Njálsgata 6): Frekar ljóst á litinn (miðað við CdP a.m.k.) Smá öldrun komin í jaðar. Í ilminum mátti finna leysiefni til að byrja með. Þau hurfu við þyrlun en í staðinn kom lakkrís og krydd. Lítill ávöxtur til að byrja með á tungunni. En lakkrís, sæta og kryddvöndull til að byrja með. Eftir smá tíma þá duttu inn kirsuber og eftir aðeins lengri tíma þá komu krækiber. Vín í virkilega góðu jafnvægi sem breyttist stöðugt í glasinu. Gaman að fylgjast með því. Besta vín kvöldsins (fyrir utan Silexinn sem var í sama klassa). Ég hafði lesið í CT nótum að hitastigið mætti alls ekki vera of hátt á víninu. Ég hlýddi því og vínið var smakkað milli 16 og 17°C.
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3/30/2018 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 100 Points
A total stunner - actually one of the better Chateauneufs ever produced according to my humble palate. At first sniff, this effort brings me back to the cool efforts of Hermitage. But of course the ample fruit and the overall complexity expose its true origin rather soon. The combination of mostly Grenache with some Syrah added to it, is so complex and adds so many layers to the nose, any wine aficionado will get goose bumps. There are white flowers, white pepper, after a few minutes classical and luxurious dark fruit appear. Adding these components are a perfect balance as well as elegance. The palate is so clean and shows an absolutely massive power. However it is also kept tightly together - which proper cellaring will change in due course. Tannins come across as rather soft and silky tonight. The young harsh tannins are history, while the primary fruit is not. This wine still needs a good decant if served now. The finish just goes on and on and lasts in my memory for several days. The complexity and the mix of cool impressions with elegant heated Grenache power is just thrilling. A wonderfully good wine, which still deserves all the merit it could ever get!
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2/14/2018 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for 2.5 hours, dark red, plums, meaty, a stunning cdp, balanced, rich, complex, just about in its drinking window with a lengthy decant
94+
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1/1/2018 - Mattshank wrote: 89 Points
Given the controversial nature of this wine this first bottle will be tasted in phases: First, pop and pour right from the cellar (~ 57 degrees)...Nose: Very blue fruited with cement qualities and a roasted, almost stewed quality. Palate: Blueberries, blackberries, and a bit of the cooked quality others have noted but it drinks fine due to the cool serving temp. Finish is medium with good acid levels.
After 1 hour decant (mag decanter). Still the same qualities as PnP but with the blue fruits replaced by more black fruits on the nose. Palate is the same but with more minerals. Temp is still cool.
After 2 1/2 hours decant. Happily the heat has faded with air but still many of the same properties both on nose and palate. My final summation of this wine is more like the 86-88 point scores than those exhuburant folks going in at 92 points or higher. The wine is enjoyable, but quite frankly I'm mystified as to how Parker could EVER score this 99 points. It just isn't anywhere near that and any objective reviewer would have to concede the metrics are simply not there. Will be interesting to see what my last bottle will yield years down the road, but even at the great $99/bottle price I paid this dissappoints.
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12/8/2017 - D'Yquembe Mutumbo wrote: 92 Points
Had this at dinner so not a ton of time to open up but this did not live up to expectations. A hot wine with a dark fruit, cassis, and window cleaner nose and a full palate of primary fruit, including black cherry, raspberry, and rich roasted blackberries. For those that favor this rich, lush style, this wine will play well, but this felt a bit too heavy handed from the winemaker. Maybe another 5-8 years in the bottle will help....
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10/8/2017 - Brownvino wrote: 97 Points
Decanted for two hours and the revoked for opening at restaurant. Very savory, tar and mineral with deep black and blue fruit taste and nose.
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6/10/2017 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Totally lovely and still one of the best wines I have ever tasted from this appellation, the 2009 Vieilles Vignes delivers prime drinking tonight with power, elegance and refined complexity. As usual there is absolutely no heat, no residual sweetness, no disintegration. The wine is simply gorgeous! The nose exhibits a cascade of deep mature fruit which is so clean I am totally amazed. There is plenty of sun warm heather, lovely violet accompanied by that type of "flowery" component this producer is a master at accomplishing. Of course the spice box and sweet licorice are both present too. The palate follows through with perfect and elegant integration between acidity and fruit. Tannins are silky and the palate is totally and beautifully integrated and balanced. But do not be mistaken, there is still enough texture and structure to make this effort last for a long time... The length on the finish just goes on and on. - I am very impressed by this effort. (score is 98+)
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5/18/2017 - PGB Likes this wine: 95 Points
First of all this is not a wine that one can PnP - that would be like trying to wrestle with a gorilla.
Once decanted it begins to evolve, initially huge in every category it begins to mutate and change - isn't that the definition of complexity? The tannin, fruit, flavors, and darkness slowly come into balance. This time I am going to finish the bottle before the optimal point is reached, but that only leaves me excited about the next time. Without a doubt this is a great wine but it will leave tasters struggling as they grapple with its awesome facets trying to coalesce into immortality.
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5/11/2017 - MQuentel@web.de Does not like this wine: 88 Points
This wine is a monster. Bizarre, overripe and with clearly too little freshness and drink flow. Deep dark, almost black - somewhat dull in color. The nose and palate are completely lined with an aromatic carpet of plums and fruits from the rum pot / cooked fruit. Full body, thick and creamy. The soft tannins show no resistance. Completely made wine. Fat aromas, but much too little freshness in the mouth. The high alcohol (15.5%) bites in the nose. The alcohol eats the fruit. Older years are similar and there seems to be no return.
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10/21/2016 - kietkopelli Does not like this wine: 86 Points
This wine has great pedigree but it has a long way to go to be good. The nose has a good amount of fruit and flowers but in the mouth it falls apart with a lot of woody notes and almost an aerosol like finish.
Tannins are extremely firm. Just not a pleasant drink at this stage.
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10/16/2016 - MQuentel@web.de wrote: 90 Points
Opaque colour, very dark and dense. Nose: intense aromas of very dark fresh and cooked fruits, chocolate, liquorice, blackberry. Also very intense on the palate, juicy; polished tannins, very strongly influenced by the wood, dark fruits. Made, highly concentrated wine, can eat it rather than drink. This wine has everything a great wine should have, but by all too much. The surface is still pretty cool, but among them is a hot, cooked fruit, that I don't like. Perhaps with a few years maturity better, but sure not, because on day 2 in the bottle, the wine had clear oxidation notes.
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12/26/2015 - jshufelt wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 6 hours before service. In the glass, clear, dark ruby red. On the nose, grenache liqueur with a burst of crushed raspberry. On the palate, very fruit driven, with raspberry leading the way, and secondary notes of wood and saline, with a tannic, hot, and somewhat alcoholic finish. This is either evolving at a glacial pace, or it will never find a good balance, but it's too early to know which way it's going. We'll see if I follow my own recommendation to myself - hide this away for another 7-10 years.
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11/26/2015 - farinas wrote:
Chocolate, garrigue, berries reduction, and a port-like licorice on the back end. This wine is very dense and muscular on the nose. However the palate was overly stewed so I will refrain from rating this as I feel like the bottle quality is questionable.
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11/20/2015 - Philippe_C wrote: 98 Points
Very concentrated nose of dark ripe cherries, hint of salinity and licorice... Very very concentrated, ripe black fruit with nice freshness behind, great great wine!!!
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11/14/2015 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Had this wine at the beginning of the dinner, thinking that it might be to light / jammy to compete with the goose. This was the right decision. It was decanted and it shined after one hour. Delicious stuff. Still lots of primary fruit, seductive nose and a long finish.
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9/25/2015 - Uglypinga Likes this wine:
Chocolate, baking spices, and some herbs on the nose. The palate is long and deep. Dark fruits, rotting leaves, and marked tannins. Decent acid. Good.
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8/31/2015 - Wine Fool Likes this wine: 97 Points
(Decanted for two hours.) The color is medium ruby red with brilliant highlights. The nose is slightly reticent but emerges with a little coaxing. Ripe cherry and blackberry scents are joined by smoke, coffee, wet soil and a spicy blue flower component. The wine is medium-bodied, supple and sexy in the mouth. The cherry, boysenberry and blackberry flavors are very pure, lively and buoyant. More understated flavors of coffee and soil "ground" the fruit and enhance overall complexity. The tannins are very suave and the wine ends with an impressively long finish that is both creamy and silky. All of the above suggests that this beautiful wine will be long-lived. What a perfect example of an elegant southern Rhône wine! Those who say they do not like Châteauneuf-du-Pape should really try this one: in size, weight, texture and nerviness, it is vaguely reminiscent of a fine red Burgundy.
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8/8/2015 - _Xenon wrote: 92 Points
Did not have the best showing compared to the other bottles I enjoyed earlier. It could also be that there was too much competition at the table (Brunello, Napa, Bordeaux). :-)
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7/19/2015 - bullmrkt wrote: 95 Points
Opened, had a glass, and put the rest in the refrigerator for 36 hours. Impressive upon opening but more relaxed and coherent the next day. Meaty, bloody, Christmas pudding, dark berries, firm tannins that work, sublime acid balance and long finish. This is like Mayweather in a tutu. Excellent.
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7/1/2015 - tp096255 Likes this wine: 94 Points
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COLOR: Deep purple-garnet with medium garnet rim
NOTE: MUST DRINK THIS BETWEEN 60-65 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. Below that temp range you wont get the nuances in the nose. Above that range the alcohol simply dominates the other elements, esp in the mouth and finish. In the zone the nose is like singed pink rose petals (that's a first), garrigue, raspberry liqueur, amarena cherries, anise, cherry pipe tobacco, dark-chocolate-covered candied orange peels (yep). This is one of those amazing Janasse wines. But keep it cool y'all! Mouth has a nice medium-heavy weight, somewhat puckering tannins (that takes a couple points off and may melt away with a few more years in bottle), full of fresh black cherry, pomagranate, red currant jam, cracked black pepper, tobacco and leather. The mouth really strikes me as being more of a Pinot Noir, but just a little more edgy/peppery. The finish is just lovely at 30+ seconds, but still quite tannic like the mouth, and I get a lot more Zinfandel-like brambly black and red berry fruit along with the tobacco.
It's a lovely wine that will probably improve a couple points with a couple more years, though it drinks well now with a 6-10 hour decant. Just be sure to keep it at the optimal temp range or you won't get the enjoyment you should. This is a much "fussier" VV than Janasse usually puts out.
DECANT: 6-10 hours
GLASS USED: Pinot Noir
TASTE: 9.4+
COST: 110
VALUE: 6.5
TRY AGAIN: now-2025
CORAVIN'D: no
PRE-POUR LEVEL:
PAIRING:
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5/30/2015 - yiuwing_hk Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bottle breathe for 3hrs+, regret that this bottle was the last one to consume after a bunch of Pauillac GCC (2000-2006).
Nose with elegant red fruits, sweet spices. Super smooth fine ripe tannins, silky texture, red fruits palate, you cannot detect the alcohol even though it is 15.5%, long length.
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2/13/2015 - fdub Likes this wine: 96 Points
Liquid crushed raspberry and stone. Amazing wine that paired extremely well with the Rib Eye steak.
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1/10/2015 - drdan8 wrote: 94 Points
This is definitely a rich and hedonistic wine. There is a little barnyard
funk initially ( probably from the 10% Mourvèdre ) but it dissipates with minimal aeration. The initial attack is monstrous with deep rich fruit. There is kirsch and black/red licorice everywhere. Even at this early stage the tannins are sweet and integrated. This just cries out for a seared Cowboy steak and skillet potatoes. The finish is long and lingering. Did I mention licorice ? Great QPR if you can find it at a $100-$125 price point.
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10/26/2014 - pclin wrote: 92 Points
This took about an hour to open up. Dense, sweet, extracted with heat at finish. Not ready yet, will take at least another 5 years to get everything together. Hopefully alcohol will not overhelm other components. (A-)
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10/24/2014 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Brilliant as always. Not shutting down. Was a perfect match for chocolate-dominated desert and a pleasure finishing the bottle afterwards.
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10/3/2014 - fdusonchet wrote: 100 Points
parfait! riche smooth iode minéral et interminable!!!
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8/8/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points
Incredibly rich, fat, dense and concentrated, yet there is no heavy texture, as everything is in balance. The wine offers a modern style with some espresso bean, smoke, licorice, black cherry liqueur and blue fruit characteristics. The wine is long and intense. This really leaves a lasting impression in the finish.
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7/8/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 96 Points
Soft, silky, elegant and sweet, the wine is fresh, long and packed with layers of ripe plum, kirsch and pepper.
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2/1/2014 - ludwigbpm wrote: 93 Points
Très riche, extrait, glycériné. Il souffre un peu du manque de fraîcheur qu'on retrouve dans plusieurs 2009. Il faut toutefois lui donner une chance, il s'agit d'un vin très jeune qui pourra peut-être devenir grand d'ici 10 ans.
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1/29/2014 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
dégustation (Dégustation verticale du Domaine de la Janasse): Le nez coup de poing! Que je déteste au début....Explosif, avec de la volatile, du soya, du fruit intense.....On s'attend à Une brute.... Or la bouche est la moins concentrée de la soirée jusqu'ici (serait-ce 2011?). Une texture élégante, mais aussi une chaleur alcoolique avec une amertume en finale. Un vin très jeune et pas en place, que j'ai beaucoup mieux goûté par le passé. À revoir dans plusieurs années, il paraitra beaucoup mieux. 91+ pts
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12/22/2013 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Same notes as before. I am a big fan of this! The tannins disappeared a bit, the berries not. Perfect XMas wine to drink now!
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11/22/2013 - sasha wrote: 93 Points
- Brick color and aromas of licorice anise, black pepper and rose. It's balanced and has flavours of honey, licorice anise, cloves and tea with a medium/full body. Bright texture with a long finish - 93+
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11/2/2013 - Bill Johnson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful nose of leather, roasted meats, loamy forest floor and dark cherry with a hint of clove. The taste is well integrated and sumptuous. More fruit than expected with dark fruit,very ripe raspberry and a hint of caramel. Soft tannins with lots of life left. Not huge but smooth and pretty. Perfect with a cassoulet
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10/11/2013 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dinner at Philipp’s place: The WOTN. Accompanying leg of venison with truffled potato broccoli puree and leek vegetable.
Clearly different to the 2007 Brunello Caparzo La Casa we had before. Less oak, more fruit. And clearly a CdP. I prefer this one to the Chaupin when served with food. If not, vice versa. For me this wine is not closing down compared to drinking it almost a year ago.
Ready for business and a treat for the nose and tongue. Wow!
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5/31/2013 - danter wrote: 95 Points
Chateauneuf open a few hours before. A deep red color with shades of blue. A powerful smell of ripe red fruit, very strong, especially blueberry, cherry and jam, all clean and crisp, with a lot of alcohol (15.5%) and soft woody notes. In the mouth, an acid attack very long, rich red fruit and a powerful web of dense tannins, still a little astringent and sandy, to smooth over time. A final warm, very alcoholic (high). My first experience with a big chaeauneuf, I find this young wine, but pleasant to drink especially in the coming years ... decades. Score 95 +
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5/3/2013 - soyhead wrote: 92 Points
nose - red licorice, and lots of it
mouth - one small sip and you can sense the concentration this wine has, wow! rich ripe raspberries with prominent heat, and a long sappy finish. first sips are exhilarating, but quickly my palate tires. I would love to try this again in 15 years. WA99 points, so dont listen to me...
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4/23/2013 - Philippe_C wrote: 95 Points
Very powerfull nose with ripe black cherries, garrigue and herbes de Provence... some very silky tannins, very smooth almost sweet black cherries, quite long aftertaste... very good, but a bit too much at this stage, needs a bit of time to integrate...
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3/28/2013 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 100 Points
Sometimes I feel blessed. Blessed to be alive. Blessed to be well. Tonight I feel blessed I have one of the world's best wines in the glass. The 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes is as perfect tonight as last time I tasted it. There are no flaws at all, except a bit of youth. No heat, no residual sweetness, no disintegration. The wine is simply profound!
The nose expresses a cascade of deep mature fruit which is so pure you can almost feel the grapes. There is an abundance of sun warm heather, beautiful violets, subtle lilacs and a whiff of sweet licorice. The palate follows through with perfect and elegant integration between acidity and fruit. At the back-end of the palate some tannins are speaking up, but they just tell me this wine is in it for the long haul. There is no heat to be found and the balance is just amazing. The length on the finish just goes on and on and the wine "clings to the cheekbone" in a way that makes me sigh. I am utterly impressed by this effort.
So, why do I keep giving this wine a perfect score over and over again? I guess because that is the only thing I can do. When a wine has no flaws it means it is perfect to me. No matter how hard I try I cannot find anything that would reduce the score. Domaine de la Janasse produces some classy and good efforts, but the 2009 Vieilles Vignes is better than good!
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3/4/2013 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Same note than before. More masculine than the 2009 Chaupin. Whereas the Chaupin is fully enjoyable already now, the VV might need some more time. And also some veal to pair it with.
Being home with your spouse, enjoying the evening and drinking a 2009 Chaupin and then a 2009 VV. How much better can it get? :-)
Bought this in January for 85 €.
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3/3/2013 - jaylew1 wrote: 97 Points
Couldn't ask for more at this stage. Velvety. Incredible mouthfeel. Wonderful fruit, but not too sweet. Sits somewhere between old and new world, I think fans of Cali Rhones would really enjoy this wine now. Outstanding.
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2/12/2013 - pclin wrote: 95 Points
Good nose. More forward than previous bottle opened 6 months ago. Cashmere like texture, smooth and silky. Medium to full bodied with sweet tannins. Great balance and harmony from get go. Sensuous wine.
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1/29/2013 - MusignyBlanc wrote:
Lots of reviews on this wine, but I think the thing that resonated was the balance. Agree that this can be an early drinker (tannins are still there, however), and thought this was very pleasurable. After having a number of the Janasse VVs and Chaupins, however, I have to ask whether they are too sweet? Certainly delicious, but will they last in the long term?
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1/15/2013 - cr84 wrote: 99 Points
La Janasse at The Oxford Wine Circle (Oxford University): Extremelly rococo and in the Vieilles Vignes style, it's fruity and velvety but got outbeaten by the 2010. This compact Chateauneuf du Pape is a real treat though. Its legs were fat to present a velvety purple robe opening on some black berries fruits. The minute 50+ secondes final was a balad in a provencal market underlining the authenticity and modernity -because it is as sophisticated as it gets- of this beauty.
Drink now as it's in a perfect place.
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12/31/2012 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely, typical Janasse nose. Same notes as before, perhaps a little more tannic. Nevertheless, peferct harmony and enjoyment for such a young wine.
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12/26/2012 - _Xenon Likes this wine: 96 Points
I did 60-70 tasting notes here at winecellar, my highest score so far was 94. But this wine blew me away! I opened it and offered this to my friends. Everyone was like 'WOW!' especially as they haven't tried CdPs before. We are living in a Tuscan world. We all fell in love with this wine. No need to decant or wait four more years. It was just perfect as it was. Fruity, elegant, class, style, it really had the 'Uff, - wow!' - factor. I would be happy if I would be able to get more of this for 90 €. However, this is not the case anymore. Janasse seems to be hyped that much, the market just exploded. Glad, I have 10 more different sorts of Janasse in my cellar. One of this left and 3 of the 2010 (which I bought for 130 €). The good thing is, I don’t need to wait for the perfect time, I can just enjoy it!
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12/25/2012 - robw Likes this wine: 99 Points
Today this wine was amazing. Splash decanted and served with steak. The nose was a bouquet of finely ground white pepper with hints of berries. There was no heat and the balance was near-perfect. A joy to drink!
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9/14/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 95 Points
Popped and followed over several hours. In a style and with a texture that I associate with high RP scores for the region. More expressive nose than the ’10 with plum, candied cherry, and some mild sandalwood and spice. Palate is lush, with concentrated fruit showing a touch of red fruits but mostly dark fruit with currants and plum. Has a hint of blue fruit which the ’10 didn’t have. Plush, opulent, concentrated fruit, with a bit of glycerin making this very easy to drink. No hint of heat or imbalance. Long finish adding some mocha and earth to a fruit filling finish that lasts seemingly forever. A surprisingly forward ’09, only showing a little coarse tannin after extended air. I think there’s enough structure here to age, but it’s the balance that is most reassuring. Great wine if a fan of the more ripe “clean” style.
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9/1/2012 - aslan-m wrote: 95 Points
The greatest--sipped on the afternoon of our 32nd anniversary.
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8/29/2012 - pclin wrote: 95 Points
Very subtle and elegant nose, comparatively Janasse Chaupin 2009 nose was a lot more exciting. Notes of blue berry, cherry, licorice, and tobacco. Medium-bodied with low acidity. Alcohol at 15.5% but no heat. Smooth and sweet tannins. The finish was good but not very long initially. It's a bit like drinking a Burgundy. This wine had PERFECT balance, every components seems to integrate seamlessly together on the palate. It's drinking well, but the wine really show its stuff 30 hrs after uncorked, people utting on more weight and complexity but still retained perfect balance. Nose was showing a lot more floral too. Full-bodied, great concentration, and long
finish. It was quite an experience to see this wine transformed over 30 hrs. Better than Janasse VV 2001. Need to buy more of this.
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7/7/2012 - cr84 wrote: 98 Points
The nose gorgeously displayed dried guarrigues and red berries; this Janasse was already gorgeous from this point. Its concentration reflected its deep black velvet dress. In the mouth, it was structured and fine, the final lasting so much time and the tannins melting on my pallet...wow!. This was a great, lovely wine, that offered a seducing showing, making us forget the terribly hot summer weather in which we were tasting it! I loved it. This Janasse Vieilles Vignes merits a great deal of attention since it really is a Grandiose Stuff!
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5/3/2012 - Christoffer78 wrote: 100 Points
The epitome of a perfect wine? The 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes delivered a magical experience tonight. This wine is a true gem, a masterpiece so meticulously crafted it will shine like a diamond at any dinner table or in any wine tasting.
The nose reveals beautiful very pure dark fruit, morellos, subtle cedar wood, a lot of heavy spice and a gentle touch of garrigue. The palate is full-bodied with extremely integrated fruit, fine grained tannins, luxurious oak and subtle yet present acidity. There is no "residual sweetness" and the length on the finish just keeps going and going. At 15.5 percent alcohol there is not the slightest heat to be found. There is such balance in this effort, I get goosebumps. In the future, this effort will hopefully become even more integrated and expressive. Drinking it tonight might be close to infanticide.
What tipped this wine from my previous score of 98 to a pure 100 is the perfect balance, the lovely integration and the absolute purity. I simply see no flaws, other than the wine being too young to drink right now. But why should youth be allowed to be a "disadvantage"?
We tasted this effort with a 2009 Jaboulet Thalabert Crozes-Hermitage and a 2009 Santa Duc Prestige des Hautes Garrigues Gigondas. Both these wines are superb efforts too, but compared to the 2009 Janasse Vieilles Vignes after a couple of hours they felt simple, "oaky" and one-dimensional.
So, a 100 points it is.
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3/18/2012 - cr84 wrote: 99 Points
Some Great Wines for Spring Break; 3/4/2012-3/18/2012 (Avignon, Vaucluse, France): Glorious nose of old vines of grenache, syrah and mourvedre. The mouth was definitely spicy with toasted guarrigues and provencal spices. The final was gorgeously prolonged by touches of wood and forest. It was a very beautiful wine but I regreted serving it too late (decanted 5h). This Janasse Vieilles Vignes 2009 might hit perfection with time.
99
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3/4/2012 - peteng wrote:
Bristly
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2/20/2012 - d'Artagnan wrote: 94 Points
Nez explosif de reglisse rouge, d'herbes sèches, de kirsch. La bouche est riche et me semble + alcooleuse que la précédente. Belle pureté, de bons tanins enrobés, beaucoup de fruit. Beaucoup de fraîcheur pour un 2009. Très beau potentiel. 94+ pts
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2/12/2012 - Vinsant wrote:
Holy moly what a huge wine! But, not in a new world wine kinda way. I could still taste my food when I sipped this alongside. I could go back and still taste a Pinot in another glass. This hit that pleasure point of a big stand alone sweeter wine but also had me craving more lamb stew. A palate full of blueberries and red fruit, chocolate, green fresh herbs, olive, spice, fruit cake, fig, pepper, roasted meat, and vanilla. Sweet florals, bright red fresh fruit, orange, fig, tobacco filled my nostrils. It felt like there was some depth to this wine. Delish now, and I really would like to taste in 10 years to see where this is going.
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2/11/2012 - KimHartman wrote: flawed
Extremt irriterande!
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2/10/2012 - KimHartman wrote: flawed
Efter nån dryg timmes luft öppnade den ganska OK i doften; kryddor, vanilj, lite stum i frukten. Tyvärr saknar smaken frukt, den är brännande och har en ton av blöt papp. Gahhh!
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2/4/2012 - Pike5555 wrote: 94 Points
Decanted and drank over 8 hours, accompanied with veal entrecote after 6 hours. Did not need food in my opinion. I did not expect this wine to be so nice this young. Nice to drink just after opening it and it increased in complexity over the hours I drank it. The relatively low levels of acidity and tannins make it nice to drink today. I hope that there is enough backbone in it to last until the fruit has mellowed down and the wine has evolved into the elegant and complex wine it has the potential to be. On the nose; Lots of dark fruit, pepper, subtle notes of stable, initially a hint of oak. On the palate; Silky sweet tannins, jammy dark fruit, cherry, sweet licorice. An extremely rich and succulent piece of work. More backbone would have awared the wine some more points, this time 94p with potential for more points next time...
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2/2/2012 - d'Artagnan wrote: 95 Points
Avec P. Désy
Spectaculaire! Une bombe de fruit, dont l'opulence et la fraîcheur évoquent les quelques 2010 goûtés cet été. La texture est joufflue, c'est un magnifique alliage de finesse et de puissance contenue, le seul petit bémol étant un petit coté confit en finale, plus typique du millésime. Un grand Châteauneuf, très long, expressif et gourmand. 95 pts
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1/31/2012 - Christoffer78 Likes this wine: 98 Points
The 2009 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes is one of the best wines from this appellation I have ever tasted. It is a complex, multi-layered effort flirting with perfection. The nose is extremely pure and clean but with so much typicity I am amazed. Blackberry, mature strawberry, stable, wet saddle leather, herbs, garrigue and sweet licorice neatly permeates a close to profound nose. The palate is full and lush, yet elegant and very well kept together. Nothing is over the top here. Tannins are soft and sings a harmonious song together with the lovely acidity and subtle luxurious oak. A must buy for any Châteauneuf lover.
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1/27/2012 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Mistakenly pulled this and not the 03 Chaupin, and uncorked w/o looking. Able to decant for 1 hr, and again deanted at Tuyo for an hr+ before imbibing. Still, not nearly enough time or age. It may turn out to be the Wine if the Vintage as hyped by RP, I CAN'T BEGIN TO FATHOM IT??? Yet Janasse is one of my favorite CdP producers, and the V.V. is allways great, so with time it should evolve beautifully. At this point a dark restrained elixir.
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1/21/2012 - Miceri wrote: 95 Points
Dark red; deep concentrated nose with licorice; very deep and concentrated attack, long nice aftertaste, balanced tannins; much deeper and structured than the 08 also tasted; very good
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1/1/2012 - robw Likes this wine: 98 Points
This is my second tasting of this wine and it continues to amaze. Served with tenderloin and a spicy red wine reduction. Bravo!
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12/23/2011 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 94 Points
2011 Simple Dinner Series 14 :: Ed's big day (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): Alcohol :: 15.5%
Double decant for 8hrs and decanted again for 3.5hrs. Obviously the preparation is not long enough (need a day.... =.=) to bring out the full beauty of this brilliant juice. The nose is incredibly deep, complex and broad-shoulder that filled with kirsch, spices, smoke, sweet dark fruits along with crushed stone, blue floral scents for the liveliness and focus. This super powerful VV is muscular, opulent and expansive on the palate, yet with laser like focus and precision all wrapped in an unctuous texture which boosted the finesse deep within. The concentration is unreal yet so fresh and lifted by the solid, polished structured as well as massive level of very silky, sweet tannin. This has everything for the long haul. 2009 is more a forward drinking vintage? I don't think so, at least for this. The powerful, succulent finished lasted more than 30sec and lingered with spices, sweet dark fruits and mineral. 94-95+
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12/2/2011 - robw Likes this wine: 98 Points
Wow ! This is to die for.
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11/26/2011 - pdemaio wrote: 93 Points
2009 Janesse was lovely and delicate on the nose, with wonderful top notes of spice and fruit. Still closed, the body with tight be big and I expect it to become a lovely brute with time.
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11/6/2011 - MightyMilburn wrote: 99 Points
Having read the other tasting notes given on this wine so far, I must admit that I simply don't agree. This is an amazing wine which can be consumed right now (with the proper "preparation")! Tried this in a vertical tasting (00-09 Vieilles Vignes), and it might be the bombardment of alcohol from the previous 8 bottles (small tasting samples) that impacted this tasting note - but I choose not to believe so.
This is a young wine and therefore it was double decanted 4 hours prior to tasting, and WOW what a wine!! No other word for it! WOW! It beat the 07 (by a small margin but still..) and this was the opinion of everybody at the table. I gave it 99 pts but maybe this a bit conservative and it should be bumped up 1 pt more. It is tour de force of 'Neuf! Nothing less. Wine of the night - maybe wine of the vintage??
Tasting notes: classic dark berries (blueberry, blackberry), anis, crushed pepper. 60 sec finish. It had it all.
Bought 6 bottles - and luckily still have 5 left! Maybe I should go out and buy a few more before others snap them up.
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11/5/2011 - tripkirby wrote: 93 Points
Not even close to being ready, but can see the potential. Obtrusive tannin, nice fruit and acidity, starting to show some underlying complexity after 2+ hours.
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8/13/2011 - alr6767 wrote:
Poured a small glass out, then recorked for 3 hours. Notes are from serial tasting over next two hours.
Very young, some candied grenache fruit on the nose, not much in the way of savory components at this point. Great structure/balance, perhaps missing some desired acidity, and red fruit with a dense wall of oaken tannin that shuts the wine down to a large extent after a while, leaving some darker fruit elements at the medium-long finish. Good to great potential, but I don't foresee a 'blockbuster'. If I had to guess +5 years, 93-94.
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7/26/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote: 95 Points
Au domaine
Plus puissant que Chaupin, très fin et long, une continuité dans le style mûr et gourmand, mais avec une réelle finesse et des tanins soyeux. Magnifique, grand vin! 95 pts
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6/18/2011 - Dickdoc49 wrote: 94 Points
A baby but very interesting already nicely balanced. Full review in 10 yrs.
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6/10/2011 - S1 wrote:
Châteauneuf-du-Pape: 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vielles Vignes—So closed but oh so good. Cassis, blackberry, toast, light smoke. Drying tannins on the finish. Finish goes for 2+ minutes. Didn’t spit a drop of this. Carried it around while Isabelle gave us the cellar tour. Changed very little in 30ish minutes. Needs TIME!
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4/14/2011 - hubas wrote: 89 Points
Great wine with lovely red fruit. Very complex with long lasting after taste
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