Domaine de la Vieille Julienne - Chateauneuf-du-Pape "Les Hauts Lieux" 2020 (750ml)
Price: $85.00
6+ Price: $79.00 / btl
| Producer | Domaine de la Vieille Julienne |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône |
| Varietal | Grenache/Mourvèdre/Counoise/Cinsault |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 10701 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
The 2020 Châteauneuf du Pape Les Hauts-Lieux comes from a cooler, higher elevation parcel and also includes slightly more Mourvedre, both of which give this cuvée a more firm, structured profile, especially in its youth. Awesome red, blue, and black fruits as well as black licorice, liquid violet, and peppery garrigue define the bouquet, and it's full-bodied, with a great mid-palate, ripe tannins, and a salty, almost bloody character on the finish. It shows the more charming nature of the 2020 vintage yet still deserves 4-5 years of bottle age and will have over two decades of longevity.
The Wine Cellar Insider: 97 Points
Flowers, black, red and blue fruits, truffle, olives, spice, smoke, charcoal, and garrigue fill the nose. On the palate, the wine is rich, concentrated and fresh as well and full-bodied, long and deep. The wine was produced from a blend of 70% Grenache, 25% Mourvedre and just a bit of Cinsault and Counouise to wrap up the blend. Drink from 2024 - 2039.
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
In a vintage like 2020, the Cabrières terroir, located in the northern part of the appellation and benefiting from shade during the hottest part of the day, proved to be a real asset, as showcased by the 2020 Les Hauts-Lieux. Evoking a deep, complex bouquet of dark cherries, licorice, iris and flowers, this wine is full-bodied, lively and vibrant, with a tense, crystalline texture and a fleshy, dense mid-palate perfectly framed by ripe, velvety and structured tannins. With its gastronomic bitterness and acidity, it has the potential to age gracefully over the next decade or more.
