2007 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
FRANCE / RHÔNE / CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
- 100 WA
- 96 WS
- 96 IWC
- 88 JR
- Variety
Red Rhône Blend
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International Wine Cellar | Rating: 96
($115) Inky purple. Hypnotic bouquet of dark berries, flowers and spices complicated by black olive, sandalwood and star anise. Lush, creamy and liqueur-like in its depth and sweetness, offering palate-enveloping boysenberry and blueberry flavors and exotic floral pastille and spicecake qualities. Fine-grained tannins add grip and focus to an endless sweet, floral aftertaste.Author: Josh RaynoldsIssue: January/February 2010Jancis Robinson | Rating: 17
Grenache Noir 80%, Syrah 10%, MourvŠdre 10%. Organic.Relatively simple gamey Grenache. Racy and transparent. Lots of energy and good balance even if not extreme. Very clean and brisk. And on the very end - quite a bit of alcohol!Author: Jancis RobinsonWine Advocate | Rating: 100
A bigger, richer, more concentrated wine than the ethereally textured Cuvee Chaupin, the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is unquestionably one of the wines of the vintage as well as one of the finest Chateauneuf du Papes ever made. Offering notes of cassis, roasted meats, beef blood and licorice, this heavenly 2007 is full-bodied, hugely concentrated and rich yet shows incredible purity, focus and precision, with no sensation of heaviness or weight. It’s still deep purple colored, with no signs of evolution, and it has another two decades of life. Having said that, it’s a gorgeous drink today.Drink Dates: 2015 - 2037Author: Jeb DunnuckIssue: 229Wine Spectator | Rating: 96
This is awash in fruit -- plum, boysenberry, fig and blackberry -- all seamlessly intertwined, while hints of graphite, melted licorice, black tea and violet fill the available space. The long finish has great latent grip.Drink Dates: 2010-2030Author: James MolesworthIssue: Nov 15, 2009Vinous | Rating: 96
Inky purple. Hypnotic bouquet of dark berries, flowers and spices complicated by black olive, sandalwood and star anise. Lush, creamy and liqueur-like in its depth and sweetness, offering palate-enveloping boysenberry and blueberry flavors and exotic floral pastille and spicecake qualities. Fine-grained tannins add grip and focus to an endless sweet, floral aftertaste.Author: Josh RaynoldsIssue: Jan 2010
Self | Rating: 96
Author: rclSelf | Rating: 96
Author: Walter ZSelf | Rating: 91
Fun, ready to drink although has lots of legs.Author: Stephen G41
Up until 1973, patriarch and proprietor Aime Sabon sold the entire production of this estate to cooperatives. In 1991, his son Christophe took over the running of the Domaine La Janasse, named after a family camp in Courthezon. The grapes that go into the "Cuvee Chaupin" come from a parcel of vines planted in 1912 and produce the pure, graceful, yet opulent and firmly structured wines for which the domaine has become renowned. Roughly a quarter of these wines are AOC Chateauneuf du Pape.
See other similar producers:Chateau Beaucastel,Chateau Rayas
See other similar producers:Chateau Beaucastel,Chateau Rayas
Collector Data For This Wine
- 1141 bottles owned
- 180 collectors
- Average collector rating: 94
(Out of 180 collectors)