Domaine De La Charbonniere 2001 Domaine De La Charbonniére Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Red wine – 2001 – Domaine de la Charbonni

2001 Domaine de la Charbonni«_re Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Tasting Note:

The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes is a wine of precision finesse and elegance as opposed to pure power and intensity. Made from 80-year old Grenache (95% of the blend with 5% Mourvedre) it emerges from a rock-strewn sector called Le Crau. Ninety percent is aged in neutral wood foudres and 10% in small casks. Like all the Charbonniere offerings it is bottled unfiltered. Aromas of sweet and sour cherries strawberries pepper spice box and lavender are accompanied by a medium to full-bodied elegant pure wine with tremendous symmetry and balance. As I said last year if the sexy delicate French actress Sophie Marceau were a Chateauneuf du Pape this would be it. Drink it over the next 14-15 years. Source: Wine Advocate

Rating: 92 RP Reviewed by Robert Parker Date: February 2004