Description
The Vieux Télégraphe estate has been operated by the Brunier family, for six generations, exactly since 1891. The vineyard, with an average age of 60 years, is located on the famous Crau plateau, the Mecca of the viticulture of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This terroir marks their wines with a very particular minerality, as if they had been filtered through the thick layer of rolled pebbles, left on the spot when the Alpine glaciers melted, long before the Rhône Valley formed.
When young, the “Terrasse du Diable” cuvée has the minerality, freshness and sometimes overbearing tannins of high-lying terroirs. The best vintages can age for more than 20 years.
Tasting Notes
Deep, glistening red. Displays an array of ripe red fruit, floral and exotic spices scents that are complemented by smoky mineral and garrigue flourishes. Intense raspberry, cherry and fruitcake flavors smoothly blend depth and energy and are sharpened by a spicy suggestion of white pepper. Dusty tannins build through a long, focused finish that emphatically echoes the mineral and red fruit notes. [94 Points, Josh Raynolds – January 2023, vinous.com]
