Description

White Wine: 2001 | Le Vieux Donjon | Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc

Appears to be tremendous, certainly one of the great Vieux Donjons produced. Its dense, murky black/purple color is followed by a gorgeous nose of creosote, licorice, black cherries, blackberries, pepper,incense, smoked herbs and roasted meat.

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Producer: Le Vieux Donjon

Vintage: 2001

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.3%

Varietal: Southern Rhone White Blend

Country/Region: France, Rhone

Appears to be tremendous, certainly one of the great Vieux Donjons produced. Its dense, murky black/purple color is followed by a gorgeous nose of creosote, licorice, black cherries, blackberries, pepper,incense, smoked herbs and roasted meat. With exquisite concentration, copious tannin and considerable delineation as well as structure, this massive, promising Chateauneuf will require patience.

Producer Information

Le Vieux Donjon, as it exists today, was created in 1979 with the marriage of Lucien and Marie Jos Michel. Both Lucien and Marie Jos’s parents owned vineyards in the region, and those holding were combined to form Le Vieux Donjon. The domaine covers fourteen hectares of vineyards (all farmed organically), thirteen planted to red grapes and one planted to white. The Michel’s holdings are primarily in the North and Northwest of the AOC, but they also have small plots in the Southwest and East. Their most important parcel is Pialons, and the grapes from the 2008 come from that parcel as well as those in Cabrieres, Bois de Boursan, Les Marines and Le Mourre de Gaude. The soils are mainly limestone and clay, and are studded with the famed galets roul, the round, rust-colored stones which were left behind after the retreat of the Alpine glaciers which once covered the region.