Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Vieux Julien 1998
£167.90
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Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Vieux Julien 1998
£167.90
Mature Châteauneuf with secondary/tertiary complexity. Leather, dried herbs, truffle, preserved fruit.
Bold & Structured
Member price: £151.11
Grape95% Grenache (100+ yr-old vines), 5% Syrah
Vintage1998
RegionRhône Valley
CountryFrance
ABV14.5%
ClosureCork
Serve16-17°C
Jamie's Note
A 1998 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réservé from 100-year-old Grenache. Parker gave other vintages of this wine 100 points. It's now 28 years old and should be extraordinary — leather, truffle, dried herbs. Handle with reverence.
Food Match
Venison loin · Truffle dishes · Aged Pecorino · Slow-cooked oxtail
Mature Châteauneuf with secondary/tertiary complexity. Leather, dried herbs, truffle, preserved fruit.
Réservé cuvée (only best vintages). Aged in foudres ~12 months. 100-year-old Grenache. Third production of Réservé after 1994 and 1995.