Domaine de la Janasse - Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Chaupin 2010 (VV 4.4)

Domaine de la Janasse

Domaine de la Janasse - Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Chaupin 2010

Country : France
Region : Southern Rhone -Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Vintage : 2010
Grape : 100% Grenache. Vineyards planted in 1912 for the older ones.
Aging: 2/3 in foudres (wooden vats) and 1/3 in demi-muids (600-litre barrel), for 12 months.
Strength : 15% vol.
Bottle size : 750ml

Wine-searcher average reference price (ex-tax) : $904 as at 2022.11.24

Vivino: 4.4 pts (183 rating as at 2022.11.25)

Vintage Chart from Wine Spectator: 2010 Southern Rhone - 98 pts

Critics tasting notes:

Seeming like the essence of Grenache, it offers up an extraordinary perfume of black raspberry, spring flowers, licorice, and roasted meat-like qualities on the nose. This is followed by a full-bodied, dense, and thrillingly concentrated wine that has fresh acids, a seamless, surprisingly light and elegant texture, and masses of tannin that emerge on the finish. While there is enough texture to keep it interesting now, it really needs 4-5 years of bottle age, and will drink well for 2-3 decades.

Jeb Dunnuck, September 2012.