2019 Châteauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes Grand Veneur Alain Jaume

Er verfügt über eine dichte, dunkle blau-violette Farbe. Sein komplexes Bouquet zeigt Aromen von schwarzen Früchten (Johannisbeere, Brombeere), die mit Noten von Gewürzen, Kräutern und geröstetem Kaffee untermalt sind. Große aromatische Komplexität. Sein Geschmackserlebnis ist eindrucksvoll. Er hat Impressionen reifer Früchte, frischer Kräuter sowie eine elegante Barriquenote mit einem Hauch Vanille. Seine außergewöhnliche Textur und die auffallenden Tannine sind betörend. Der Abgang ist sehr langlebig, dank einer leicht salzigen Mineralität unterstützt von einer zarten Süße. 50% Grenache noir, 30% Mourvèdre, 20% Syrah.

Ein außergewöhnlicher Châteauneuf-du-Pape, der die Quintessenz seines Terroirs voll und ganz zum Ausdruck bringt.

Jeb Dunnuck 99, 2025-2040,

The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes is based on 45% each of Grenache and Mourvèdre, with the balance Syrah, all destemmed and raised in 55% new French oak. Gorgeous cassis, violet, graphite, fruitcake, and peppery herbs define this brilliant effort, and it's full-bodied, with a pure, seamless texture, wonderful tannins, and one heck of a great finish. This magical 2019 is going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age (it's brilliant even today) yet keep for 20 years or more. Châteauneuf du Pape lovers need to have this in their cellar!

Parker - Joe Czerwinski 97+ , 2023 - 2025. 

Always the densest and richest of the cuvées at this benchmark estate, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes features scents of cedar and mocha layered against a backdrop of black cherries. This actually is a bit like Black Forest cake—that ripe, rich and dense, with chocolate and vanilla shadings—but remains dry and savory in the end, with velvety tannins and tremendous length. It's approximately 50% Grenache (aged in tank), plus 40% Mourvèdre and 10% Syrah (both aged in new barrels).

Domaine Grand Veneur's holdings are concentrated in the northern sector of Chateauneuf du Pape and just outside of it, in the lieu-dit of Champauvins. It was late in the day when I arrived at the Vignobles Alain Jaume et Fils caveau on Wednesday, September 29. After a couple of days' pause following weekend rains, they had restarted the harvest, intending to finish up by Saturday morning, when another round of rain was expected to move in. "It has been a good summer for us," said Christophe Jaume. "But maybe not the warmest."

In contrast, said Jaume, "2020 was quite warm and dry, not as big as 2019, when the numbers should have been nigher. The level of tannins and structure was less than we expected."

Given the lateness of my visit, we focused on already-bottled wines, including a short, recent vertical of the estate's top wine, the Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes. From 2016 through 2019, this cuvée has been one of the appellation's best, most consistent releases. When the "weak link" in a vertical comes in at 95 points, that's not too shabby.

We also looked back at 2011, "A vintage that was much better than people think, but not for everybody," said Jaume. "Late heat raised the ripeness of the Mourvèdre after some rain in late August—we picked ours at 16 degrees [of potential alcohol], but some people had lost leaves and then could never ripen their fruit." Certainly the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is one of the great successes of the vintage.

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