Amanda Dreps

9.0

Delicious birthday wine — 2 months ago

Dennis Trenzen

9.3

Geschenk von Laurent — 4 months ago

Ruud Verhagen

9.1

heavy and up front, needs more time… — 7 months ago

Karen Lowenstein

9.3

This was delicious with tastes of melon very mellow. We loved it. — 3 months ago

Justin Farrar

9.0

Needs decanting to smooth out — 5 months ago

Alan Johnston

9.4

3.4. Excellent drink now for a 2019 Bordeaux. Smooth fruity relatively complex taste with some nose and a wonderful aftertaste. $19.99. Buy one of this! — 2 years ago

Roger Ray

9.1

This wine was part of the Spanish collection from the Bonner private Wine Partnership. This wine is it once the most subtle line in this entire collection, and the most complex. Complex. The nose is clean with a touch of spice. But on the palate, the weight of Navarra's history comes to bear like a crumbling donjon keep. No wonder this vintage has two gold medals." I should have let this wine cellar on the two more years but was too anxious to dive into it. I wasn't disappointed. — 2 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two days. It was very good on Day 2 but I think it was more interesting on Day 1 after about 90min of air. The 2015 Donjon pours a deep ruby color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, developing with notes of dark brambles fruits, some bruised strawberry, some garrigue, some stony minerals and spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium(+?) tannins and medium acidity. Confirming the notes from the nose with a touch of cracked black pepper there too. The finish is medium. To my palate, this has entered that awkward, quiet stage that some CdP’s enter between year 5-10. It’s trying to show some secondary character but it’s just not willing to use its voice. A lot of the ingredients are there though. Drink now with some patience and grace otherwise I wouldn’t try again until after 2025. FWIW, it was a lovely pairing with cassoulet. — 3 months ago

Michael Phillips

9.2

Approaching maturity with dark fruit and soft tannins. — 6 months ago

David Langstaff

9.7

A tasting of magnificent CdPs. The ‘03 Rayas was sublime. Drinking a garden with a peppery, smoky nose. Just magnificent. Tasted with a ‘07 Tardieu-Laurent which was beautifully balanced. Fuller than the Rayas, with more of the typical CDP nose. Perfect time for the ‘07. The third wine was the ‘07 Vieux Donjon. The most typical of the granache fruit forward CDP. A bit too much fruit for me. Lacked the balance of the T-L. In the end, nothing compares to the Rayas. An exquisite wine of all time. — 2 years ago

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