by Bill Spohn » Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:36 pm
1990 Domaine Jean Deydier et Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Clefs d'Or – light to medium light bricky colour, some garrigue in the nose, slightly high acidity and only medium length. They use 65% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah and a field blend of 10% Cinsault, Muscardin, Counoise and Vaccarèse which are vinified together. It is fermented for 20 days in concrete tanks and then aged in large, 50 hectolitre casks for about one year. Not a big producer but they have provided some interesting wines. This one is getting a tad long in the tooth and I expect that it would have shown better maybe 5 years ago. Small production so you don’t see it in the market very often. Lean finish with faint astringency indicated that it is likely in slow decline.
