2017 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Community Tasting Notes (43) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  1/27/2024 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Big dark brooding fruit. Lovely mouth coating texture. A real “red met” wine!

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  12/29/2023 - Ivan T.W. Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A nice if somewhat unexceptional CdP. On the jammier side for the style, on the first night it was all fruit, with subtle complexity only showing up on night two. I probably could have held on to it longer, but after a different bottle was a bust I needed a replacement quick.

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  12/18/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  Kinda closed up and quiet on day one. And then roasted on day two. So I guess keep holding and praying?

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  12/1/2023 - dagij Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep ruby, no sign of aging. Wonderful, expressive nose dominated by plums, but also lots of fresher tones in the vein of raspberries. A whiff of cherry core bitterness and almonds add to the complexity. Medium bodied attack, almost a burgundy feel, then the wine expands on the palate to reveal lots of plums and blackberries, but also with that fine raspberry freshness and cherry core bitterness. Fresh and long aftertaste where the fruit dominates over the finely grained tannins. This is much more elegant than I remember, and it really has a burgundy feel to it although the alcohol (a whopping 15%) is high. No alcohol feel in this wine. Amazing. Perhaps this score is a bit too low.

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  6/28/2023 - ciesel Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Consistent with prior notes.

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