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| Domaine de la Janasse · Châteauneuf-du-Pape · 2022 |
| ● 15 BOTTLES · FINAL ALLOCATION |
98 Points. Wine Spectator Top 100.
Vines Planted in 1920.
A Vintage That Will Never Exist Again.
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From Grenache vines averaging 60–100+ years of age across four distinct terroirs in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Only 3,333 cases produced. Only 504 reached U.S. shores. The Sabon family has received two perfect 100-point scores from Robert Parker. This is their crown jewel cuvée — and the 2022 is unlike any vintage before it.
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Elsewhere $140
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$124.99
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Lowest Price in the United States
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| WHY DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE |
Of the 320 Producers in Châteauneuf-du-Pape,
Why This One Matters
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the most revered appellation in the Southern Rhône — the first region in France to receive AOC status in 1936, with a winemaking history stretching back to the 14th-century Avignon Papacy. Among its 320 producers, a handful of names sit at the absolute summit: Château Rayas. Beaucastel. Vieux Télégraphe. Clos des Papes. And Domaine de la Janasse.
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What separates Janasse? Start with two perfect 100-point scores from Robert Parker — for the Vieilles Vignes 2007 and 2010. That places them in a class shared only by Rayas and Henri Bonneau. Add to that: vines planted as far back as 1920 — over 100 years old. Four distinct terroirs that blend galets roulés (the famous rounded stones), sand, red clay, and sandy limestone. Organic farming with no pesticides, no insecticides, no weedkiller. And a winemaker, Christophe Sabon, whom Robert Parker called "the sure-handed touch of a veteran winemaker."
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Their neighbors on the La Crau plateau include Vieux Télégraphe — whose 2020 was ranked #7 Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator in 2024. Janasse's Vieilles Vignes 2022 landed at #79 on that same list. Two estates. One plateau. Both in the Top 100. That is not a coincidence — it is terroir.
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| OLDEST VINES PLANTED |
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| 2×100 |
| PERFECT PARKER SCORES |
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| WHY THE 2022 VINTAGE IS UNREPEATABLE |
A Hailstorm. A Destroyed Vineyard.
A Wine That Will Never Exist Again.
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In 2022, a devastating hailstorm struck the legendary La Crau plateau just before harvest — destroying the vines that normally form the backbone of the Vieilles Vignes cuvée. Christophe Sabon was forced to rebuild the blend from three other lieux-dits: La Janasse, Terra Blanche, and Barnouine.
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The result was something the critics had never seen. Jeb Dunnuck described it as "a much more supple, elegant expression" — silk where there is usually power, finesse where there is usually structure. He concluded: "Given the unique nature of it, it's a little bit of a unicorn."
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No future vintage will include this blend. When the La Crau vines recover, they will return to the traditional composition. The 2022 is a one-time event in the history of this estate. That is why collectors are buying cases. That is why 504 cases for the entire United States is already nearly gone.
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| SIX REASONS TO ACT NOW |
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Why These 15 Bottles Will Not Last the Week
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#79 Wine of 2024
Wine Spectator's global ranking from over 8,000 wines tasted. Only 504 cases imported into the U.S. At $124.99, this remains accessible.
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A Unicorn Vintage
The hailstorm forced a blend that can never be replicated. No future vintage will taste like this. Collector value is built into its DNA.
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15 Years Prime Drinking
Wine Spectator: drink through 2040. Jeb Dunnuck: 15 years of prime drinking. Decanter: "years before approaching drinkability." This bottle will outlive most decisions you make today.
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6 Critics · 93–98 Points
Decanter 98, WS 95, JD 95, JS 94, Vinous 93+, WA 93. Complete critical consensus across every major publication. No disagreement.
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$15 Below Average
The national average is $140. Our price is $124.99. In the era of tariffs and rising import costs, this gap will not widen — it will close.
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15 Bottles — Final Stock
Of the 504 cases that reached U.S. shores, we have 15 bottles. There is no restock. When they are gone, they are gone permanently at this price.
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| THE COLLECTOR'S CASE |
Wine Does Not Depreciate.
It Appreciates.
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Consider the numbers. Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape — Janasse's most famous neighbor — saw its 2001 Reserve appreciate 73% in a single year (2020–2021). Its 1997 Pignan Reserve increased 324% in the same period. Even mid-tier Châteauneuf-du-Pape estates routinely see 20–35% appreciation over five years.
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Fine wine as an asset class has outperformed the S&P 500 over many 10-year rolling periods. Unlike equities, fine wine is a physical, consumable asset — every bottle that is opened permanently reduces supply, which drives remaining bottles higher. The Liv-ex Fine Wine 1000 index tracks this precisely.
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Now factor in the current environment: tariffs on European wine imports are rising. Inflation has increased production costs across France. And critically — wines do not get cheaper with age. They get more expensive. A 98-point Châteauneuf-du-Pape at $124.99 today will not be $124.99 in 2028. It will be $160, $180, or unavailable entirely. The 2022 Vieilles Vignes is already a unicorn vintage. The collector math is simple.
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| Comparable Wine |
Release Price |
Current Avg. |
| Janasse VV 2010 (Parker 100) |
~$90 |
$200+ |
| Janasse VV 2007 (Parker 100) |
~$80 |
$200–300 |
| Beaucastel Hommage 2019 |
~$350 |
$450+ |
| ★ Janasse VV 2022 (Decanter 98) |
$140 avg |
$124.99 at Artisan |
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"Buy at $124.99 today. Open one bottle. Cellar the rest. In five years, you'll be glad you bought by the case."
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| WHAT YOU'D PAY AT A RESTAURANT |
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Skip the 3× Markup. Drink Better at Home.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a cornerstone of serious restaurant wine lists across the country. Here is what comparable bottles cost when you order them at a white-tablecloth restaurant — where the standard markup is 2.5× to 3× retail.
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| Beaucastel CdP |
$100 |
$200–240 |
| Vieux Télégraphe La Crau |
$120 |
$185–225 |
| Clos des Papes CdP |
$130 |
$225–270 |
| Janasse VV (current vintage) |
$140 avg |
$350–420 |
| ★ Janasse VV 2022 at Artisan |
$124.99 |
Buy direct. Skip the markup. |
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| FREQUENTLY ASKED |
Questions Every Collector Asks
About Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Is Châteauneuf-du-Pape truly world-class? On par with Bordeaux and Burgundy?
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Unequivocally, yes. Châteauneuf-du-Pape was the very first French wine region to receive AOC status — in 1936, before Bordeaux or Burgundy. Its history extends to the 14th-century Avignon Papacy. Robert Parker has given more perfect 100-point scores to Châteauneuf-du-Pape producers than to most first-growth Bordeaux estates. Château Rayas bottles fetch $1,000+ at auction. And at the 2018 Christie's wine auction, a bottle of Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Cuvée Cathelin sold for $15,500 — demonstrating that the Rhône Valley commands Burgundy-level respect from serious collectors. The difference? CdP still offers entry points that Burgundy abandoned a decade ago.
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Why is Janasse this affordable compared to Rayas or Beaucastel?
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Because the Sabon family has no marketing department. No corporate parent. No château tourism operation. They are a family domaine — Aimé in the vineyards, Christophe and Isabelle in the cellar — farming organically across 70+ parcels. Their pricing reflects their philosophy: cost-based, not prestige-based. But the market is catching up. The 2007 and 2010 Vieilles Vignes — both Parker 100 — now trade at $200–300 per bottle. The 2022 at $124.99 is the entry point before the market adjusts.
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Who are Janasse's neighbors? Why does the location matter?
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The Vieilles Vignes parcels sit across four terroirs including the La Crau plateau — the same neighborhood as Vieux Télégraphe (#7 Wine of the Year, Wine Spectator 2024), Château Rayas (the most expensive CdP, bottles at $700+), and Clos des Papes (consistently 95+ points). Other legendary neighbors include Beaucastel, Henri Bonneau, and Domaine du Pégau. This is the equivalent of owning a vineyard between Mouton Rothschild and Lafite in Pauillac. The terroir speaks for itself.
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What makes this a collectible wine, not just a drinking wine?
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Four factors converge: (1) Unrepeatable vintage — the hailstorm blend will never exist again. (2) Extreme scarcity — only 504 cases for the entire U.S. (3) Critical consensus — six major publications scoring 93–98 with zero dissent. (4) Producer pedigree — two 100-point Parker scores, 50+ years of estate history, and organic old-vine farming from vines planted in 1920. This wine checks every box the secondary market rewards.
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| CRITICAL CONSENSUS — SIX PUBLICATIONS |
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DM 98 · WS 95 · JD 95 · JS 94 · VM 93+ · WA 93
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DECANTER MAGAZINE
Decanter awarded 98 points, describing the wine as enormously powerful with huge concentration and intensity, fitting the Châteauneuf archetype of statuesque wines built for very long ageing. The critic advised patience, noting it will take many years to reach drinkability — but the rewards will be rich.
MATT WALLS — SEP 2023
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#79 TOP 100 WINES OF 2024 — WINE SPECTATOR
Wine Spectator called it a powerhouse with impressive texture and energy, describing waves of dark fruit and spice framed by black tea tannins. They noted real integrity and balance despite its opulent, hedonistic character. Recommended drinking from 2026 through 2040. 3,333 cases made, 504 cases imported.
KB — DEC 2024
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JEB DUNNUCK
Dunnuck highlighted the modified blend resulting from the La Crau hailstorm, calling it a more supple and elegant expression of the cuvée with outstanding length and beautiful balance. He described it as offering ripe red and black fruits with crushed stone and Provençal garrigue, concluding it's "a little bit of a unicorn" with 15 years of prime drinking ahead.
JEB DUNNUCK — OCT 2024
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JAMES SUCKLING
Suckling praised the opulent expression, noting preserved cherry and bitter chocolate aromas with a powerful, highly structured palate. He described the finish as long and bold with excellent aging potential — yet already delicious.
JAMES SUCKLING — APR 2024
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VINOUS MEDIA
Vinous described it as concentrated and dense with a massive tannic core that demands patience until at least 2030. The reviewer noted pronounced licorice, cherry, strawberry, and garrigue notes — impressively powerful and deeply layered.
NICOLAS GREINACHER — JUN 2024
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WINE ADVOCATE
Wine Advocate noted a blend of 85% Grenache Noir, 5% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre, and 5% other authorized varieties. They described aromas of flowers, dark cherries, garrigue, and licorice with a concentrated, structured palate and long fruity finish.
YOHAN CASTAING — SEP 2024
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| FOOD PAIRINGS |
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What to Serve with a 98-Point Châteauneuf
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| CLASSIC PAIRING |
| Braised Lamb Shank |
| Also: Dry-aged ribeye, grilled venison, duck confit, bone-in short ribs, cassoulet |
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| CHEESE PAIRING |
| Aged Comté 24 Months |
| Also: Époisses, aged Manchego, Roquefort, Saint-Nectaire, Parmigiano Reggiano |
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| VEGAN PAIRING |
| Truffle Risotto |
| Also: Grilled portobello with Romesco, ratatouille Niçoise, eggplant Parmigiana, mushroom Wellington |
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| CELLARING WINDOW |
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How Long Can You Age This Wine?
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18
YEARS OF AGING
POTENTIAL
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2026–2040
WINE SPECTATOR
WINDOW
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15 Years
JEB DUNNUCK
PRIME DRINKING
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The structural backbone is formidable: massive tannins (Vinous demands patience until 2030), concentration that Decanter calls "enormous," and the balance that Wine Spectator praised for giving it "real integrity." This wine has the architecture to evolve for nearly two decades.
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Buy one to drink tonight. Buy more to cellar through 2040.
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⚠ ONLY 15 BOTTLES REMAINING AT ARTISAN
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| 24-HOUR FLASH PRICE · 36 BOTTLES |
| WINE TWO — A LIBRARY WINE AT BELOW RELEASE PRICE |
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Domaine de la Janasse
"Terre d'Argile" Côtes du Rhône 2013
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Southern Rhône, France · Vinous 90 Points
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Release Price $35.00
$19.97
24-HOUR SALE PRICE
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Read that again: a 12-year-old wine, from one of Châteauneuf-du-Pape's most celebrated producers, at $15 below its original 2015 release price. This does not happen. Wines do not get cheaper with age. They get more expensive. Inflation, tariffs, and scarcity conspire to push prices up — not down. And yet here we are.
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In 2013, Janasse made a decision to blend into the Terre d'Argile cuvée the grapes normally reserved for their Côtes du Rhône Les Garrigues — effectively upgrading the wine well beyond its category. The result is a Grenache-Syrah-Carignan-Mourvèdre blend raised in foudre that has spent 12 years developing tertiary complexity: dried cherry, leather, garrigue, spice.
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At $19.97 per bottle, buy a case. Open one a year. That is $239.64 for a case of 12 — saving $180 versus the original release price. The risk is zero. The upside is a perfectly aged library wine from a world-class producer. This is unheard of.
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Vinous awarded 90 points, praising the wine's deep-pitched dark fruit aromas with woodsmoke and licorice, calling it structured and surprisingly serious for the category.
JOSH RAYNOLDS — VINOUS, JUN 2016
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Jeb Dunnuck (writing for Wine Advocate at the time) praised it as elegant and seamless with fine tannin, calling it "a rock solid Côtes du Rhône."
JEB DUNNUCK — WINE ADVOCATE, OCT 2015
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Case of 12: $239.64 · Save $180.36 vs release · 36 bottles · 24 hours only
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| THE SABON FAMILY |
Three Generations. 70 Parcels.
One of the Great Defenders of Grenache.
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In 1967, Aimé Sabon received vineyards from his father — who had been selling grapes to the local cooperative — and his stepfather. He began estate-bottling in 1973, naming the domaine after a small parcel called "La Janasse" in Courthézon. What began with 15 hectares has grown to over 90 hectares across more than 70 parcels.
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When Christophe joined his father in 1991, followed by his sister Isabelle in 2001, the estate transformed. Christophe calls himself "a great defender of Grenache," which represents 75% of their plantings. He manages the grape's natural exuberance through meticulous vineyard work and careful vinification — concrete vats for Grenache, conical oak for Mourvèdre and Syrah, foudres for aging. The result is a style that Robert Parker described with admiration: "the sure-handed touch of a veteran winemaker."
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Today, Aimé still oversees the organic vineyards — no pesticides, no insecticides, no weedkiller. The land is worked to maintain soil ventilation and flexibility. It is this quiet dedication, this family commitment to craft over marketing, that explains both the quality and the value. As one French wine guide noted: Janasse wines "are fine, well-balanced and serious, with great depth and a fine transcription of the terroir."
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58
YEARS OF ESTATE
WINEMAKING
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90+
HECTARES
UNDER VINE
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15
HECTARES IN
CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
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DM 98 · WS 95 · JD 95 · JS 94 · VM 93+ · WA 93
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The Case for Acting Now
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Two wines. One producer. Two opportunities that will not repeat.
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The Vieilles Vignes 2022 is a unicorn — born from a hailstorm, scored 98 points by Decanter, ranked #79 by Wine Spectator, and produced from century-old vines that Robert Parker twice gave a perfect score. There are 15 bottles left at $124.99 — the lowest price in the United States. Every bottle that sells today will be worth more tomorrow.
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The Terre d'Argile 2013 is a library wine at a price that defies logic: $19.97 — below its 2015 release of $35. A 12-year-old wine from a world-class house, in its peak drinking window, at a price that will never be repeated. Buy it by the case. 36 bottles remain. 24 hours only.
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Elsewhere $140
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$124.99
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Vieilles Vignes 2022 · 15 Bottles
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● 15 BOTTLES REMAINING · 504 CASES TOTAL FOR U.S.
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