Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf du Pape, La Crau 2013 Merlot touch of blackberry

touch of blackberry

but also back-breaking labor

and earned a high reputation for the vintages he produced

Elegant and aromatic

cassis and dark olive

Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf du Pape, La Crau 2013 Merlot touch of blackberryThis superb Vieux Tlgraphe vintage is the example other southern French winemakers could look to when seeking where to go next. It is a breakthrough wine. Daniel Brunier said concisely what he, his brother Frdric, and I were thinking as we tasted it after the bottling: Truly classic Vieux Tlgraphe, deep and powerful as usual, yet showing great finesse and class, almost an ethereal quality. The bouquet is as lovely an expression of the stony plateau of