2009 Domaine du Vieux Telegraph Rouge, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Complex earthy character on the nose with vigour and concentration in the mouth.

In their own words: "Spring was cooler than usual, and this feeling of coolness was heightened by plentiful days of rain and a Mistral that blew fairly regularly and would continue to do so until the end of the cycle – giving us precious help, but also destroying much in its path. Until June 15th, we had a mixture of showers, fine days and windy periods of rare violence. Then came a period of three hot and dry months, which, coupled with the new water reserves, promoted a sudden acceleration in the growth cycle, which seriously disrupted our harvest schedule. In these perfectly healthy conditions, we began picking the white grapes in late August, and finished with a slow ripening plot of Mourvèdre on October 5th. The Vieux Télégraphe shows fine harmony, poised between freshness and the vintage’s slow-uncoiling quality; it’s black, too, markedly bitter, with great backbone. It pushes hard; it’s straightforward, ethereal and rich. Its natural concentration is due to very low yiel

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