Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 31/10/2012 The 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape is a traditionally made cuvee aged totally in tank and foudre. Its inky/purple color is followed by a sweet bouquet of black olives, incense, blackberries, mulberries, black cherries and lavender. This perfumed, super-concentrated 2010 possesses good acidity, ripe tannin and a full-bodied, expansive mouthfeel. This mouth-coating, saturated, dense Chateauneuf du Pape has plenty of tannin to shed, so give it 3-4 years of cellaring, and drink it over the following two decades. Unfortunately, I did not get to taste the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc, but I loved their 2010, which included a nice dosage of Roussanne, which gave it extra complexity. I thought it was Vieux Donjon’s finest white Chateauneuf du Pape made to date, which is a credit to the young winemaker, Claire Michel, who has taken over the reins from her parents. Importer: Alain Junguenet, Wines of France, Mountainside, NJ; tel. (908) 654-6173