Domaine de la Vieille JulienneChâteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge Les Hauts Lieux 2020

Product code: 23747
£80.45 inc VAT
France
Red Wine from
Rhône, France
Country
Country: France
Region
Region: Rhône
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Domaine de la Vieille Julienne
Alcohol
Alcohol: 15.50%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvèdre
Grape: Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvèdre, Other Varieties
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Country
Country: France
Region
Region: Rhône
Sub-Region
Sub-Region: Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Type
Type: Red Wine
Winery
Winery: Domaine de la Vieille Julienne
Alcohol
Alcohol: 15.50%
Volume
Volume: 750 ml
Grape
Grape: Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvèdre
Grape: Grenache/Garnacha, Mourvèdre, Other Varieties

Taste Profile

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

Tasting Note

The nose opens with dark berries, black cherries, and plums, interwoven with garrigue (wild herbs), liquorice, smoked meat, and subtle notes of lavender and black pepper. It’s both wild and refined, offering a vivid sense of place and power. On the palate, Les Hauts Lieux delivers dense fruit concentration with a velvety texture. It is full-bodied yet impeccably balanced, showcasing ripe tannins, fresh acidity, and a long, layered finish.

Product Notes

Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge Les Hauts Lieux is an exquisite French wine with a distinguished character. The aromatic complexity mixes a fragrant bouquet of ripe dark fruits, spices and underwood, keeping an organic purity. Its rich palate reveals a balance of power and freshness. Notably concentrated, its expressive flavours derived from old vine Grenache, unfold with velvety grace and persistency. The maturity of this wine ensures a very long life ahead, making it a remarkably charming inclusion to any cellar. Imbued with the uniqueness of its southern Rhône terroir, it exemplifies an adamant pursuit of brilliance.

About the Winery

Domaine de la Vieille Julienne

Domaine de la Vieille Julienne is one of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s most compelling estates, rooted in the far north of the appellation where cooler exposures and mistral winds temper the Provençal sun. The Daumen family has tended these vines since the early 1900s, with Jean-Paul Daumen steering the domaine since 1990. His approach is uncompromisingly artisanal: organic farming (long practised, now certified), very low yields, hand harvesting, native yeasts, and élevage in large, neutral foudres that privilege the voice of place.

The mosaic of parcels includes venerable Grenache planted in 1905, alongside Mourvèdre, Syrah, Counoise and Cinsault, on soils that mix galets roulés with sandy and clay-limestone bands. Many plots face north, an anomaly in Châteauneuf-du-Pape that helps to preserve acidity and spice. This combination gives the wines a striking balance of ripeness and lift.

The red Châteauneuf-du-Pape is usually dominated by old-vine Grenache, with supporting varieties blended to emphasise texture and complexity rather than oak. In great years the domaine bottles a tiny-production Réservé from its oldest, most singular sites. The white, produced in very small quantities from Clairette, Roussanne and Grenache Blanc, is taut, saline and ageworthy. Beyond Châteauneuf, the estate crafts an expressive Côtes du Rhône from the neighbouring lieu-dit Clavin, often declassified fruit that punches well above its appellation.

Purity and precision define the style. Aromas of raspberry liqueur, garrigue and dried flowers segue to silken yet vibrant palates, framed by mineral freshness and fine, chalky tannins. The wines are powerful, they remain remarkably lifted. Ageing potential is excellent; the top cuvées can evolve effortlessly for two decades or more.

Still family-owned and resolutely independent, Domaine de la Vieille Julienne is a reference point for thoughtful, terroir-first Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It marries heritage with a modern sensibility, proving that intensity need not come at the expense of finesse. And grace.

https://www.vieillejulienne.com

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