DOMAINE GRAND VENEUR VIEILLES VIGNES CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE 2010

Domaine Grand Veneur
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes 2010

“A monumental effort meriting a perfect score, the super-rich 2010 Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is a 4,000-bottle blend of 50% Grenache, 40% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah from 55- to 105-year-old vines and was aged for 18 months in small oak. The wine offers majestic blackberry and cassis fruit intermixed with kirsch, licorice and subtle Provençal herbs in the background. It is akin to chewing meat in the mouth given its viscosity and thickness. This utterly amazing wine comes close to being over the top, but it pulls back just in time. A massive Chateauneuf du Pape (even for a 2010), it needs 5-6 years of cellaring and should age effortlessly for 25-30 years. Bravo! (RP/10/2012)”  – 100/100, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

VARIETIES: A blend of 50% Grenache, 40% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah from 55- to 105-year-old vines
REGION: France / Rhone Valley / Southern Rhône / Châteauneuf-du-Pape
AGEING: Matured in concrete vats (40%) and oak casks (60%)
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 30 years ±, at an optimal hygrometric degree of 70%, this wine has an incredible ageing potential
SERVE: Serve at 16ºC – 18ºC, decant if young, until 5-6 years.
FITS TO: Oeufs brouillés à la truffe / Filet de bœuf en croûte / Feuilleté aux fruits de mer, or cheeses like Crottin de Chavignol / Pélardon / Saint-Nectaire / Saint-Félicien AOP
CRITICS SCORES: RP/100, JD/99, V/95, WS/93
VIVINO: Average 4.3 ★★★★✰

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“Vieilles Vignes” Châteauneuf du Pape | Range | Domaine Grand Veneur – Vignobles Alain Jaume

Soil type
Northern sector of Châteauneuf du Pape. GRAND VENEUR «Vieilles Vignes» cuvee include the estate oldest plots. Thanks to time and an organic growing, roots go very deep in the soil. Yields are naturally low and grapes highly concentrated.

Grape variety
50% Grenache noir, 30% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah and other

Winemaking & ageing
Harvest is destemmed and crushed. Fermentation temperature is controlled at 30°C. Vatting period of 18 to 20 days. Matured in concrete vats (40%) and oak casks (60%).

Tasting
It boasts an inky/purple color in addition to a gorgeous perfume of crushed rocks, jammy black fruits, charcoal and graphite. Blackberry aroma with an air of dates pressed in alongside – this is sweet-noted. It is easy to appreciate, a sleek and stylish start. The palate holds excellent fruit that runs well and has kick. Its tannins move round freely and a minted finale comes forward. Its dark fruit is tasty, darkens on the finish, where tar and char from its oak enter. It is all very much together, a bundle of harmony, and will gain local attributes as it ages. An outstanding Chateauneuf du Pape which display the best of its terroir.

Advices
This wine has an incredible ageing potential and it will get benefit of your patience. We advice a consumption between 3 and 30 years after the vintage. Decant if young, until 5-6 years. To be served at 16°C and hold the bottles for ageing in temperature controlled room between 8 and 12°C.