Domaine de la Janasse
Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Ruby with aromas of red fruit, 100% Grenache. Aromas of berry fruits, oak & sweet spice. On the palate flavors of raspberry, cherry and blackberry with hints of oak, leather, vanilla spice and black pepper, aged in oak, complex and elegant with fine soft tannins, long finish. Just getting good now, will age well.
Ruby with aromas of red fruit, 100% Grenache. Aromas of berry fruits, oak & sweet spice. On the palate flavors of raspberry, cherry and blackberry with hints of oak, leather, vanilla spice and black pepper, aged in oak, complex and elegant with fine soft tannins, long finish. Just getting good now, will age well.
Jun 16th, 2023
Powerful nose of undergrowth and bright red berry, elegant and so round, fine tannins still framing a beautiful beam of red and black fruit, asian spice, white pepper. Phenomenal and still drinking young.
Powerful nose of undergrowth and bright red berry, elegant and so round, fine tannins still framing a beautiful beam of red and black fruit, asian spice, white pepper. Phenomenal and still drinking young.
Jun 24th, 2022
Very elegant and refined. Showing a little age in a great way.
Very elegant and refined. Showing a little age in a great way.
Feb 17th, 2022
Dark violet. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits, incense and exotic spices, and a floral accent builds as the wine opens up. Sweet and expansive in the mouth, offering lush black raspberry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that are energized by a core of juicy acidity. Shows excellent clarity and solid, spicy thrust on a long, sweet finish framed by velvety tannins. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, October 2021)
Dark violet. A deeply perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits, incense and exotic spices, and a floral accent builds as the wine opens up. Sweet and expansive in the mouth, offering lush black raspberry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that are energized by a core of juicy acidity. Shows excellent clarity and solid, spicy thrust on a long, sweet finish framed by velvety tannins. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, October 2021)
Super CDP. Lush super ripe tannins with dominant black and blue berry taste with pepper at the end. Can be drunk now but will improve over the next 5 to 10 years.
Super CDP. Lush super ripe tannins with dominant black and blue berry taste with pepper at the end. Can be drunk now but will improve over the next 5 to 10 years.
Aug 29th, 2021Still a beast of a wine. Full bodied, meaty, peppery. A bit too much Robert Parker ?
Still a beast of a wine. Full bodied, meaty, peppery. A bit too much Robert Parker ?
Jul 28th, 2021Monster nose. Angelic, full and round. Camphor, iron notes and charred bloody rib roast. Deep, dark cherry. Excellent.
Monster nose. Angelic, full and round. Camphor, iron notes and charred bloody rib roast. Deep, dark cherry. Excellent.
Apr 8th, 2021
Opened late night. Was great on open. Will checkout on day 2.
Opened late night. Was great on open. Will checkout on day 2.
Jan 18th, 2021And once in a while amongst still half a case of (too) old chateauneuf you find a bottle that has survived the time. Color clear, transparent at the edge going from yellow to deeper orange to scarlet. Nose complex and alive. Peppery, garigue, sweet. A joy to drink especially when you expect close to vinegar. What will the last 6 bottles bring ?
And once in a while amongst still half a case of (too) old chateauneuf you find a bottle that has survived the time. Color clear, transparent at the edge going from yellow to deeper orange to scarlet. Nose complex and alive. Peppery, garigue, sweet. A joy to drink especially when you expect close to vinegar. What will the last 6 bottles bring ?
Jan 17th, 2021