Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve other_regions tannic and likely to require

tannic and likely to require quite a bit of patience

with notions of ground pepper

The 2009 Promontory is just beginning to show the early signs of aromatic development

Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland

Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve other_regions tannic and likely to requireDeep in color, the nose blasts off with lavender, cherry, spice, pepper and earthy scents. When the wine hits the palate, the wine is deep, rich, concentrated and packed with sweet, silky, black raspberries, cherry and kirsch that remains on your palate and expands in flavor. This bottle was popped and poured. Perhaps, if the wine and I both had more time together, this could hit triple digits. It's truly a stunning example of old vine Grenache.