Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf-du-Pape Telegramme Rouge Red Rhone Wine 750mL hot on sale

Description

Jeb Dunnuck 90 points for 2017 vintage “Vinified and aged in tronconique tanks, the 2017 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Telegramme (it’s the classic blend but slightly shifted toward the Mourvedre) offers a rich, concentrated, structured style that over the past 5-10 years has shown more depth, elegance, and structure. Black raspberries, white flowers, graphite, garrigue, and mineral notes all give way to a medium to full-bodied, layered, beautifully textured 2017 that has fine tannin, plenty of depth, and a good finish.”August/2018

Vieux Télégraphe is one of the old-guard estates in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and the Brunier brothers continue to make a very classic, age-worthy, style of wine that requires bottle age. They own a whopping 150 acres of prime terroir, almost all located in the famed La Crau lieu-dit. Domain du Vieux Télégraphe was founded in 1895, and takes its name Vieux Télégraphe (Old Telegraph) from a rocky plateau of the Domaine where in 1792 Mr. Chappe, the inventor of the optical telegraph, installed a relay tower.