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

$64.99

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.

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Description

The AOC for Châteauneuf-du-Pape is in the Rhône Valley stretching from Orange to Avignon. Domaine 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. Total acreage: 125 acres of red vines, located on the Plateaux des Crau, on the southeast side of the appellation at an altitude of 360 feet. The vines used for the production of white Vieux Télégraphe are planted on the same soil and sub-soil. Soil: The soil is covered by large round stones, galets roules, then a layer 3 to 5 feet deep of sandy limestone on top of a deep layer of red clay.

Grape Varieties : 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre and 4% Cinsault.
Vinifiaction : grapes are hand-picked, with double sorting at the vine, then a third sorting in the winery. They are destemmed, followed by 25-30 days’ traditional fermentation in temperaturecontrolled vats. Pneumatic pressing, then systematic
malolactic fermentation.

Additional information

Weight 48 oz
Dimensions 5 × 5 × 17 in