April 26, 2024 - Decanted for 3 hours. Aromas of potpourri, raspberry Grenache, currant, wild cherry and chocolate. Flavors of raspberry Grenache, cherry, boysenberry, raspberry and a touch of iron. Ends with a long finish of 40-45 seconds with berry and iron notes. Best showing yet for this great wine.
April 26, 2024 - tons of fruit and very rich and ripe. Excellent flavors but would have preferred closer to cellar temp given the richness and alcohol levels. Folks loved it. Definite crowd pleaser
March 28, 2024 - Tons of fruit on the palate. Really enjoyable.
March 24, 2024 - Made from a mix of 75% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah and 5% Cinsault this quality-domain has made an very good 2016. Young color with still a lot of purple,on the nose and palate a full basket af ripe, crunchy red and black fruits with some garrigue, supple tannins and an amazing acidity for a Southern wine, tingling on the tongue (maybe even a not unpleasant touch of volatile acidity). It has good length and the 14,5% alcohol is barely noticeable. To my taste this wine is ready to drink.
February 14, 2024 - Valentine's Day with Steve & Barbara (Their House): Allowed to sit in the decanter for one hour to let the wine open. A bit more air time would have helped. Mostly dark red fruits like black cherry, with some red cherry and raspberry, along with garrigue, a bit of spice, and an herbal note. The acidity was juicy and balancing, the tannins were (mostly) integrated as was the 14.5% abv. There may be some additional development over the next few years, while this wine will continue to drink well (at least) to the end of this decade.
February 3, 2024 - Limited notes...still solid, needs 1-2 more years to really shine.
Rather closed and dark, dry wood, mixed with dark fruit. Dusty tannins but integrated, structured, beautiful dark fruit flavours. Dark chocolate medium finish. Much better with food and air.
January 27, 2024 - PnD let air for 2hrs.
Balanced elegant complex. Love the fruit and garrigue. Drinks beautifully with tons of life a head.
December 14, 2023 - Very nice Donjon. Good and jammy, but not as fruit forward as I would have expected. Opened up after some time in the glass and improved. Overall pretty good and drinking well now.
November 26, 2023 - Great sweet fruit and balance. Finish not particularly long and has a kind of musky animal mid palate which might not be to everyone’s taste.
60 minute decant. Much better than the 2015.
November 24, 2023 - Gave it 3 hours of air, which was perfect. Medium red color matched the medium nose upon pour. Paired perfectly with Thanksgiving smoked turkey, which had some spice to it. Medium finish. Agree with some previous notes that the window on this is likely shorter than another decade, this is drinking super well right now. I would anticipate it starts losing vibrancy within 3 years.