2021 Dm de la Vieille Julienne Les Hauts-Lieux Chateauneuf du Pape, Southern Rhone

Much fuller, richer than the Trois Sources. Clearly higher alcohol, with very piercing acidity and fine tannins. The alcohol is quite raised, but it has good length. From three parcels close to the limestone plateau with some clay, relatively high altitude and late ripening, with less exposition to the sun.

94 points Matt Walls decanter.com

Intense purple colour with violet hue. Initially slightly closed, the nose opens up very well with some oxygen. Fine aromatic expression reminiscent of ripe plums and black cherries, dark berries, aromatic herbs and hints of garrigue. Mild spices, vanilla and a whiff of licorice in the background. On the palate rich and well structured with firm yet ripe tannins, although the powerful character, the wine shows freshness, fine hints of minerality in the aftertaste. A wine with complexity and length.

96 points Markus Del Monego MW