Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve Vintage:2016 the wine ends with a

the wine ends with a sweet

(50+ year old vines raised in 15% new wood)

There is enough wood and reduction to notice so I would strongly advise decanting this if you’re inclined to try a bottle young

when the normal production should have been around 100

rather textured backend

Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve Vintage:2016 the wine ends with aDeep in color, the nose blasts off with lavender, cherry, spice, pepper and earthy scents. When the wine hits the palate, the wine is deep, rich, concentrated and packed with sweet, silky, black raspberries, cherry and kirsch that remains on your palate and expands in flavor. This bottle was popped and poured. Perhaps, if the wine and I both had more time together, this could hit triple digits. It's truly a stunning example of old vine Grenache.