Domaine de la Vieille Julienne

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From https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com

“Domaine de Vieille Julienne owns 15 hectares of vines in Chateauneuf du Pape. … The terroir is a rocky, sandy soil, perfect for the Southern Rhone Valley.

While the vines have an impressive average age of 60 years, the estate also has old Grenache vines that are over 100 years old! Biodynamic farming techniques are practiced in the vineyards. In their vineyards, they plant Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre,, Counoise and Cinsault, The vineyard is planted in parcels, but the plots are all field blends, and not separated by grape variety. Thus picked at the same time. In the making the wine, the thought process to the blending is on a parcel by parcel basis, and not based on a grape by grape variety choice.”

Read more here, from The Wine Cellar Insider.