Le Vieux Donjon

The brother and sister team of François and Claire Fabre have produced a superb 2015, which isn’t surprising as the character of the vintage, power married to vivacity, is a pretty good summation of the traditional house style here. While the 2015 here definitely shows the power of the vintage there’s also an alluring freshness to the wine that reminded me quite a bit of this domain’s 2010 bottling, while most wines from this hot year lean more toward the opulent 2009s. For readers with bottles of the 2000 and 2001 in their cellars I can attest that those two wines are showing very well right now, with room for further aging but, at least to my palate, they’re both at their peak now, with assertively perfumed bouquets and rounded, fully absorbed tannins.