Domaine de la Charbonnière - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Domaine de la Charbonnière
Country	France
Region	Rhone Valley
Subregion	Chateauneuf du Pape
Varietal	90% Grenache / 10% Mouvedre
Vintage	2020
Sku	210000025619
Size	750ml

Domaine de la Charbonnière’s 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “Vieilles Vignes” is a powerful yet refined classic from the Maret family estate, balancing rich concentration with freshness. This deep ruby wine reveals vibrant aromas of black and red fruits, wild herbs, and baking spices, framed by bright acidity and fine tannins. Decant and enjoy it with hearty dishes like Southern French stews or Texas-style BBQ—perfect for the fall season ahead!

Even better than I remember it prior to bottling, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Vieilles Vignes—90% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre—boasts bold, concentrated aromas of black cherries, dark chocolate and red raspberries. It's full-bodied, rich and expansive, framed by silky tannins that ease into a long, elegant finish. Despite its size, there's a fine sense of proportion to this wine and a notable absence of alcohol-derived heat.

The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes comes from the famed La Crau lieu-dit and is 90% Grenache and 10% Mourvedre that was brought up mostly in tronconique tanks, with 15% in demi-muids. Killer notes of black raspberries, redcurrants, peppery herbs, and loamy earth all emerge on the nose, and this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness, a supple, seamless, remarkably pure mouthfeel, no hard edges, and a great finish. This cuvée always has the most tannins of all the releases and benefits from a few years in the cellar. If you love impeccably made, sexy, yet classic Châteauneuf du Pape, you should buy this.

Precise aromas of ripe red cherry, raspberry, wild strawberry, licorice, dried herbs and cured meat introduce the 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Vieilles Vignes. An expressive wine of mindboggling intensity and concentration, it is enveloped in a firm tannic structure and perfectly balanced by lively acidity. The complex finish goes on for well over a minute.

This amazing Chateauneuf has a stunning combination of opulence and concentration without any of this being in any way exaggerated. The richest red fruits you could imagine. Just a hint of warmth from alcohol at the finish, but there’s an explosion of herbal aromas there, too. A cuvee of 90% grenache and 10% mourvedre. Drink or hold.