Donjon De Castille

Lucien Michel

Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2001

A 25-year-old CdP that is drinking beautifully tonight, should last a little bit longer, but pretty darn fantastic tonight, red fruits, earthy notes with with garrigue aromatics, long, lingering finish, terrific!! — 2 months ago

Monique Jim Powers
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Tom Casagrande

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Your cellar of older CDPs is pretty remarkable!

Colin

Blanche de Castille Blanc de Blancs 1er Cru Champagne Blend

Is Bdb. Brut.

Nose: good fruit.

Palate: green apple. Bright. Yeasty. Some brioche.

$34 wes Kollar jj Knox
— a year ago

Le Vieux Donjon

Châteauneuf-du-Pape White Rhône Blend

Mature but should be good for a few more years. Good fruit and balance — 4 years ago

Domaine La Barroche

Liberty Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

Lunch at home (Gîte de la Genestière) on 6 Septembre 2020 with Richard & Sue Spooner and François & Marie-Claire Carrière. Cold melon soup (w/ Weinbach Riesling); roasted chicken salad, potato salad, green beans (La Barroche 2015 red); cheese board; quetsch tarte (Dieux Donjon blanc); café. 1:00 - 4:45 pm. — 6 years ago

Château du Donjon

Grande Tradition Minervois Red Blend 2011

Sean K McNeely
8.9

Delicious example of the incredible value to be found in the south of France. 40% Syrah, 40% Grenache and the rest cinsault. Garrigue and blackberry with surprisingly light strawberry notes underneath from the Grenache. For 10 bucks a bottle, just goes to show that if you know where to look there is great value to be had...especially in France — 10 years ago

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Domaine du Pegau

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2000

Pegau CdP is always so great, rich Grenache w/dense, ripe redfruits, this 2000 CdP is more fruit forward than the more structured 2001 Vieux Donjon, both wines are outstanding, these 2 wines really well illustrate the 2000 vs. 2001 CdP vintage differences!! — 2 months ago

Monique Jim Powers
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Lucien Michel

Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2001

This CdP seems a bit more angry and wild from being opened, a touch more structure than the softer 2000 Bosquet des Papes (2001 was a more tannic vintage), solid balance, also mature, 13.5% ABV, longish finish. — 7 months ago

Jim Powers
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Tom Casagrande

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Some nice old CDPs tonight!
Vino Joe

Vino Joe

“The sea was angry that day my friends…”
Doug Powers

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@Vino Joe, LOL!! Not sure what possessed to type such nonsense?!?!

Le Vieux Donjon

Cuvee Speciale Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2013

Approaching maturity with dark fruit and soft tannins. — 3 years ago

Château Rayas

Réservé Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

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. — 4 years ago

Meredith LangstaffLee LangstaffSarah Shauer
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Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera

Riserva Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 1996

B
10

1996 Soldera Riserva Brunello. Bday dinner w GD &Y at Il P. Drank this after the '98 Lucien Michel Le Vieux Donjon Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Another big wine-though not quite as peppery or inky as the Syrah. Pretty balanced, but a big punch of green veg and soil on it. Two big wines and we enjoyed them both. Drinking great — 10 years ago

Donjon de Lamarque

Héritiers des Marquis d'Evry Haut Medoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

14% abv. 60% Merlot 40% Cab. Grand Bin De Bordeaux. About $25 st total wine. Delicious. — 3 months ago

Le Vieux Donjon

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2001

Dark and full of character. Very pure with gnarly undertow. Clean and pure — 6 months ago

Paul WoollsAra Aslanian
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Colin

Castille Brut Rosé Blend

NV. Bracing acidity initially, then some wheat/dark breadiness on the sides of the mouth that softened the ride. Interesting and intense. The new btg Brut Rosé Champagne. The Brut Rosé Champagne ride only equal to the ridiculous Sancerre (blanc) ride the last few years. 5.15.24. — 2 years ago

Ted, Jan and 9 others liked this

Château Donjon de Bruignac

Premium Bordeaux Contrôlée 2019

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! — 4 years ago

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Bodega Otazu

Pago de Otazu Merlot Blend 2018

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. — 5 years ago

Colin

Cuvée Blanche de Castille Premier Cru Champagne Chardonnay

30 November 2016. Bubbles On The Battery, Pier A Harbor House, New York, NY. — 10 years ago

Château de Saint-Cosme

Le Poste Gigondas Grenache 2010

Iodine, brett, red fruits, leather, black licorice, lively acidity. Reminds me a lot of Donjon CDP. #gigondas #rhone #wine #grenache #rhonerangers #rhonevalley — 11 years ago