Day 4: The Drive For Five In Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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After a rainy May, the sun has finally come out over Châteauneuf-du-Pape, helping to dry out the vineyards and relieve some stress among the town's vignerons.

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Posted: Jun 20, 2008 1:57pm ET

As good as Mordorée and Lafond are, I couldn’t stay in Tavel and Lirac forever; that other town kept calling me back. The sun was shining from the start today, and the temperature quickly rose into the 90s, relieving the stress that had built up among vignerons over the wet and gray weeks that preceded my trip, so what better to do than check in at five of Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s best domaines? An early morning visit with Marie-Joseph Michel at Le Vieux Donjon was up first.

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