Le Vieux Donjon

"A vintage to drink now and over the next few years" is how Claire Michel described 2011."There's good depth because there was a lot of selection but there isn't really the structure that you need to cellar them," she added.The 2010, which is based on 75% grenache and made from a yield of only 22 hl/ha, "is a completely different story" she said.It deserves up to a full decade more age to be showing its best, she thinks, "and after that it will keep going for a really long time, probably like the 1978."The 1999 Vieux Donjon, which I was able to taste at the end of my visit here, is showing bright red fruit and an intense garrigue character, with fully resolved tannins and a long, spicy finish.I doubt that it will be heading over the cliff any time soon but I don't see a lot more upside, either.

From 2011 and 2010 Southern Rhone Wines (Jan 2013) by Josh Raynolds

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