Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhône, Rhône, France
Love this wine. Huge minerality, wet stones, hint of pepper, Christmas spice, brambly fruit, wild herbs, soft tannin and balancing acidity.
Love this wine. Huge minerality, wet stones, hint of pepper, Christmas spice, brambly fruit, wild herbs, soft tannin and balancing acidity.
Oct 12th, 2019
Tired and a little faded. Still fresh, still silky tannin, just lacking presence on the nose. Very soft spoken. Not my favorite vintage I’ve had from VT but it’s hard to complain. These wines are great and I’m always a fan. Comes across on the palate more, dark dried fruits, savory spices, loads of stony minerality, smoke, and white pepper. Given the vintage and the more elegant style these wines have I’m thinking this would’ve been stellar 5 years ago. Day 2: more cherry and mulberry compote, roast plum, garrigue, tapenade, mid-palate gaining more weight and presence.
Tired and a little faded. Still fresh, still silky tannin, just lacking presence on the nose. Very soft spoken. Not my favorite vintage I’ve had from VT but it’s hard to complain. These wines are great and I’m always a fan. Comes across on the palate more, dark dried fruits, savory spices, loads of stony minerality, smoke, and white pepper. Given the vintage and the more elegant style these wines have I’m thinking this would’ve been stellar 5 years ago. Day 2: more cherry and mulberry compote, roast plum, garrigue, tapenade, mid-palate gaining more weight and presence.
Jan 5th, 2018Awesome! Everything I love about VT and CDP. Earth and fruit in perfect balance.
Awesome! Everything I love about VT and CDP. Earth and fruit in perfect balance.
Jan 12th, 2015
Sales Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Dark, intense wine. Dust & dark chocolate. Very good with lamb shank!
Dark, intense wine. Dust & dark chocolate. Very good with lamb shank!
Dec 25th, 2017
Gorgeous, traditional and generous.
Not too sweet, not too rustic; right in the middle 🎯
Soft notes of plums, black cherries, beefstew, garrigue, brown spices and a whiff of hearty umami nuances like porcini, sundried tomatoes and vegemite/soysauce.
Well balanced, medium bodied and full of detail and finesse. Great stuff.
Gorgeous, traditional and generous.
Not too sweet, not too rustic; right in the middle 🎯
Soft notes of plums, black cherries, beefstew, garrigue, brown spices and a whiff of hearty umami nuances like porcini, sundried tomatoes and vegemite/soysauce.
Well balanced, medium bodied and full of detail and finesse. Great stuff.
Long spicy, olives and ripe with freshness. Black plums.
Long spicy, olives and ripe with freshness. Black plums.
Feb 19th, 2021
2021/1/28-29 with braised lamb shanks. This has rounded into a nice middle age, with burnt earth and hot stone but also some very pretty red fruit and spice notes.
2021/1/28-29 with braised lamb shanks. This has rounded into a nice middle age, with burnt earth and hot stone but also some very pretty red fruit and spice notes.
Feb 7th, 2021
15 years of aging clearly the trick. Delicious with grilled pork loin.
15 years of aging clearly the trick. Delicious with grilled pork loin.
Oct 15th, 2019