2011 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Trois Sources

Community Tasting Notes (12) Median Score: 90 points

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  4/6/2023 - likegoodwine wrote: 94 Points

  Pop and pour, over four hours of drinking time. First open, black berry, pleasant, tobacco and leather on mid palate, medium length after taste, and alcohol was not prominent. Continue to reveal beautiful perfume of lavender and roses, black and redberries mixture, and alcohol was not prominent (although it suppose to be 15.5%). Three hours and thereafter, the perfume becomes predominant, beautiful, medium body, and tobaco & leather aftertaste. My wife who does not like high alcohol wine loves it and kept on asking to refill her glass; she is not an avid drinker. Beautiful and elegant wine with gorgeous parfume. I am glad to still have another one in the cellar.

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  10/9/2021 - stephen001 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  After what feels like an endless run of slightly disappointing bottles I felt the need to go with something reliable so middle aged Châteauneuf it had to be.
  
  Didn’t decant. This is deeply perfumed with florals and dark red and black fruit. Hints of smoke and liquorice as well as unmistakably southern rhone earthy Garrigue.
  
  Palate is fresh and youthful with deep black cherry, violet and sweet liquorice.
  
  Hard to say if this is going to get any better but I’d say it’s in a perfect place right now.

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  5/1/2020 - swizzel wrote:

  Drank during quarantine night with Chris & Nisse

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  5/1/2020 - swizzel Likes this wine:

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  4/19/2019 - vide Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  I agree with Marvini (see below) - this is truly dreadful. The alcohol content is 15.5, which means that instead of complex flavour you get a bang on the head. Nose = stringent dark fruit, closed, but will it ever open?; taste = thin, acidic, gesturing, once again, to a dark fruit of an indefinable nature.
  
  This is not the first time that I have drunk an over-alcoholised CNP. What are they trying to hide? I have bought a number of wines from this domaine (thankfully only in small amounts), but old Julien needs to pull his or her socks up.

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