Score: 90-92 RP

Region: Rhone

District: Chateauneuf du Pape

Type: Still Wine

Color: Red

Varietal: Rhone Blends

Vintage: 2006

Size: 375ML

Brand: See more from Vieux Donjon

Sku: 102585

Price: $39.99

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Parker Review:
Vieux Donjons 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape is a powerful, seriouslyendowed effort for the vintage, displaying more structure and muscle than most wines in this forward, fruitfriendly year. Classic Provencal characteristics of garrigue, licorice, lavender, pepper, and kirsch soar from the glass of this dark ruby/purpletinged offering. In the mouth, it is masculine, tannic, medium to fullbodied, and powerfully built. Potentially one of the longest lived wines of the vintage, it will require 4 to 5 years of bottle age, and should evolve for two decades.

Tanzer Review:
Smoky cherry and black currant aromas convey a wild, gamey quality, along with suave floral and mineral lift smells like a northern Rhone wine. Deep dark fruit liqueur and olive flavors are sharpened by zesty minerals and finish with impressive grip and thrust. Combines energy and depth deftly. 91 to 94 points.