Domaine De La Vieille Julienne Lieu Dit Clavin Cotes Du Rhone 2022

92 POINTS

Matt Walls - Decanter

Very deeply coloured. Blackberry and a touch of prune. Decidedly full-bodied and concentrated, with robust, slightly grainy tannins. Has good density and freshness, and it’s very concentrated. From a plot of vines next to the winery that lies just outside the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation boundaries, 25hl/ha; spends three months in concrete, 18 months in foudres and another year in bottle before release, they take the winemaking seriously. Very old vines, similar soils to Les Trois Sources – compact sand.

91 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Three metres away from the Châteauneuf boundary. Grenache Noir (approx 75%), Cinsault, Syrah, Mourvèdre, and total 5% of white varieties Bourboulenc, Clairette and White Grenache. Raspberry, cherry, white chocolate, lots of dried herbs and new leather. It’s firm, quite hazelnutty, red and black fruits, some warmth here, but also a good amount of fine grainy tannin, a marzipan richness, with a bold and juicy finish of good length. Certainly has some stuffing, with some silty tannin to close. Perhaps a little breathy in alcohol, but it carries it off pretty well.