Domaine de la Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve, 2009 SO062126 Leipold in one of modern Chateauneuf's

in one of modern Chateauneuf's greatest vintages

and the age of the vines translates directly into the wine: deep

Los Arcos Amontillado begins life under flor like a Fino

vermut isn't a cocktail ingredient waiting for gin to show up

Domaine de la Vieille Julienne, Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve, 2009 SO062126 Leipold in one of modern Chateauneuf'sThis is old vine Grenache at its most patient. Jean Paul Daumen farms biodynamically in Chateauneuf du Pape, and his Reserve is drawn from a tiny plot of centenarian vines on sandy soils that lend finesse to all that southern Rhone power. Made only in vintages that earn it and produced in vanishingly small quantities, the 2009 was the last release before Daumen reorganized his range by terroir, closing a chapter at the domaine. At seventeen years old,