The wine is silky, lush, fresh and peppery. The fruit has lift, tannin, crushed stones, spice and sweet, energetic dark red berries. Offering a juicy wave of peppery red fruits with vibrancy, minerality and freshness, you also find a long, spicy, kirsch note that lingers in the finish. The wine was produced from a blend of 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre, 10% Cinsault and 10% Counouise. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2017%20Vieille%20Julienne

(96+ points) The 2017 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Hauts-Lieux comes from slightly higher elevation sites and includes more Mourvèdre than the Les Trois Source release. It’s pure, full-bodied, and incredibly structured, with a tight, backward style that’s going to benefit from bottle age. Showing a distinct salty minerality as well as loads of black and blue fruits, it reminds me of the 2015 yet with more elegance. Hide bottles for 4-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades.

Densely packed with dark plum, boysenberry and black cherry reduction notes, this is nonetheless reserved in style, as graphite, alder, black tea and sweet tobacco nuances flicker in the background. The finish is tightly coiled, but the fruit stays prominent right through to the very end. Just in need of some cellar time. Best from 2024 through 2038. 700 cases made, 150 cases imported.

From three high-altitude parcels close to the limestone plateau, the fruit here is later ripening than that of Les Trois Sources. This has more rhubarb and damson, less plum. It's high-toned and a touch balsamic, and the medium-bodied palate is very pure and remarkably fresh. Again, there is high acidity and fairly robust tannins, gently serrated like little teeth. Supremely vibrant.

Brilliant violet. Ripe dark fruit, floral and exotic spice aromas, along with suggestions of licorice and smoky minerals. Chewy and focused on entry and then more fluid in the midpalate, offering liqueur-like bitter cherry, blackberry and boysenberry flavors and a hint of succulent herbs. Closes very long and precise, with resonating floral and spice notes and steadily building tannins lending final grip. - By Josh Raynolds on August 2021