Chateauneuf du Pape Domaine du Vieux Lazaret 2005 very powerful. Forward fruit reminiscent of strawberry and cherry balanced by fresh cut sweet herbs. Incredibly balanced, this wine is a paradox full-flavoured while soft and easy drinking. Red wine Rhone
The origin of the name Vieux Lazaret dates back to the 18th century where existed in the center of the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape a hospice or Lazaret. This offered comfort and shelter for the poor and infirm, provided by the Lazarists, who were a silent order of monks which had been founded in 1625 by St Vincent de Paul to look after the sick and the needy in the French countryside. They took the name Lazarists from the Priory of St Lazare in Paris, where the original order had been formed in 1632.
The Lazarets in Châteauneuf-du-Pape played a major role in taking in and looking after the sick during the terrible epidemic of plague, which killed a third of the population in 1720. Subsequently the buildings fell into disease and were sold by the commune during the 19th century to the Quiot family and used as agricultural buildings. Being situated in the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and close other proprieties owned by the Quiot family, these original buildings have today been extended and modernized, and now from the main center of the agricultural activities of Vignobles Jérôme Quiot.
With this historical association going back over several centuries, the Quiot family decided in 1915 Domaine the name of Domaine du Vieux Lazaret.
