The producer
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret is rooted in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where Antoine Quiot founded the domaine in 1748 after buying his first eight-hectare vineyard parcel. Its name comes from a former hospital used to quarantine and treat sick people during major epidemics of the 17th and 18th centuries. Rolled pebbles mark the vineyard parcels, giving the estate a physical link to Châteauneuf-du-Pape terrain.
The range is led by red wines, including a standard Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Cuvée Exceptionnelle, alongside a blanc. The reds move from black and red fruit toward garrigue, spice, prune, liquorice, fennel, and wood smoke. Cuvée Exceptionnelle brings cherry, plum, blueberry, violet, dried rose, and a long finish. The blanc shows white flowers, peach, and lemon when young, then develops apricot, honey, and almond with age. The wines are presented through appellation and cuvée names, not a stated grape formula.
Known for
Châteauneuf-du-Pape reds with ripe cherry and dark fruit, Provençal garrigue, spice, fine-grained tannins, and long finishes, alongside a blanc with floral, citrus, peach, apricot, honey, and almond notes.
Notable facts
- Founded in 1748 by Antoine Quiot after his first vineyard purchase in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- The first Quiot vineyard parcel covered eight hectares.
- The domaine name refers to a former hospital used during major epidemics of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- The 2024 red matures for 18 months in vats and barrels, with 15% barrel ageing.
- The blanc develops from white flowers, peach, and lemon toward apricot, honey, and almond with age.
From the atlas
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret
At A Glance
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret is a Rhône producer rooted in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, founded by Antoine Quiot in 1748 after his first eight-hectare vineyard purchase. The red-led range includes a standard Châteauneuf-du-Pape red, Cuvée Exceptionnelle, and a blanc. Ripe fruit, Provençal herbs, spice, long ageing, and generous texture shape the wines.
The Producer
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret began with Antoine Quiot's 1748 purchase of eight hectares in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The appellation is the estate's central address, while the red range carries its strongest expression through ripe fruit, spice, and extended maturation. The grape composition of the wines is not specified, so place, cellar time, and taste provide the clearest way into the bottles.
The name comes from a former hospital used to quarantine and treat sick people during major epidemics of the 17th and 18th centuries. That unusual history remains attached to a working wine estate and its labels, linking an old Châteauneuf-du-Pape place name with a range that includes both red and white wine.
Place
Châteauneuf-du-Pape places Domaine du Vieux Lazaret in the Rhône and supplies the appellation name carried by its red wines. The label begins with that place, while the glass moves toward ripe black and red fruit, wild Provençal herbs, spice, and broad texture. The grape blend is not specified, so the appellation and the cellar record carry more weight than a varietal formula here.
Soil And Site
The domaine's vineyard parcels feature the rolled pebbles characteristic of Châteauneuf-du-Pape terrain. They provide a physical marker for the estate's address without requiring claims about drainage, heat, elevation, or exposure. The wines are described through fruit, herbs, spice, tannin, and length, while the pebbles keep those bottles connected to a named landscape.
Story
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret carries a name with a life before wine. The Lazaret was a former hospital used during the major epidemics of the 17th and 18th centuries, when quarantine and treatment were part of its purpose. The historical name later became the name on bottles from Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
The present range turns that inherited name into three different wine experiences: ripe, spice-marked red; a more floral premium red; and a blanc that changes from white flowers, peach, and lemon in youth toward apricot, honey, and almond with age.
Vineyards And Cellar
Rolled pebbles mark the vineyard parcels, placing the domaine inside the physical setting associated with Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In the cellar, the 2024 red matures for 18 months in vats and barrels, with 15% barrel ageing. Its tasting profile moves from ripe black fruit into spice, then toward compote-like prune, liquorice, and black pepper. The combination of long élevage and limited barrel use gives the wine a clear cellar frame around its ripe fruit character.
Wines
The standard Châteauneuf-du-Pape red is the central red reference. The 2024 vintage shows deep carmine colour, ripe black fruit, spicy notes, prune, liquorice, and black pepper, with 18 months of maturation in vats and barrels.
The 2020 red offers a more developed vintage expression within the same red-led range. Its place is suggested through ripe berry fruit and garrigue, the savoury wild herbs associated with Provence, while the palate brings sandalwood, exotic spice, fennel, and wood smoke.
Cuvée Exceptionnelle occupies a separate premium red position. It is deep garnet, with red cherry, plum, blueberry, violet, and dried rose, and its defining features are length and elegance.
The blanc changes with time in bottle. In youth it shows white flowers, peach, and lemon. With age, the aromas move toward apricot, honey, and almond, while the palate becomes broad, rich, and long.
In The Glass
The red wines open with dark and red fruit before spice takes over. In the 2024, ripe black fruit develops into prune, liquorice, and black pepper, giving the aroma a compote-like depth. The 2020 moves differently across the palate: Bing cherry, blackberry, and plum meet garrigue, then sandalwood, fennel, exotic spice, and a trace of wood smoke.
That 2020 palate is smooth and mouth-filling, with fine-grained tannins and a lively lift that keeps the ripe fruit from feeling heavy. Cuvée Exceptionnelle narrows the fruit register toward cherry, plum, blueberry, violet, and dried rose, then extends through a long finish. The blanc begins with floral, peach, and lemon notes when young, and develops a richer apricot, honey, and almond profile with age, finishing with breadth and length.
A Bottle To Understand It
Start with the 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape red. It gives the most complete picture of the domaine's red style in one bottle: Bing cherry, blackberry, plum, and garrigue rise first, followed by sandalwood, fennel, exotic spice, and wood smoke. The palate is smooth and full, with fine-grained tannins, energy, and lift. It is the right first bottle because the fruit, Provençal herb character, savoury spice, and mouth-filling texture arrive together, making the appellation and the estate's red register easy to taste.
Anecdote
In 1748, Antoine Quiot bought his first vines in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The holding covered eight hectares. That measurement gives the foundation date a physical scale: the domaine began with land, not a later label or cellar renovation. The purchase placed the Quiot name in the Rhône appellation at the start of its documented history. No conversation, ceremony, or harvest is attached to the episode. Antoine Quiot is the named buyer, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is the place, and eight hectares is the scale. The founding purchase remains a simple sequence of person, year, address, and acreage.
Final Word
Domaine du Vieux Lazaret brings together a 1748 Châteauneuf-du-Pape foundation, rolled-pebble parcels, long maturation for the red wines, and a blanc that gains honeyed, nutty aromas with age. Begin with the 2020 red for cherry, blackberry, garrigue, fine-grained tannins, and savoury spice; then move to Cuvée Exceptionnelle or the blanc for a more floral or richly developed register.
Sources
- https://m.famillequiot.com/919DPJ3JYQ/presentation
- https://m.famillequiot.com/N2J7UE
- https://www.winemonthclub.com/domaine-du-vieux-lazaret-chateauneuf-du-pape-2020
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