Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe's 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape opens with wet earth and ripe red berries. The kind of aromatic depth that announces itself immediately, even in its youth. Rich and concentrated yet remarkably suave, this Southern Rhône blend carries the weight of over a century of vine memory from La Crau's storied plateau.
Winemaker Notes
In spite of its extreme youth, this great Chateuneuf-du-Pape leaps out at you with its depth of wet-earth, ripe red-berry and dried-flower aromas. Rich and concentrated, but so suave and refined. Incredible length! Already delicous, but this has a great future ahead of it. Drink or hold.
Professional Ratings
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James SucklingTasted: Apr 2025. In spite of its extreme youth, this great Chateuneuf-du-Pape leaps out at you with its depth of wet-earth, ripe red-berry and dried-flower aromas. Rich and concentrated, but so suave and refined. Incredible length! Already delicous, but this has a great future ahead of it. Drink or hold.
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Wine Spectator
About the Producer
Since 1891, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe has stood among France’s great wine estates. In Bédarrides, within the celebrated south-eastern corner of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Henri Brunier gifted his son Hippolyte a parcel of La Crau land, then deemed uncultivable. Undeterred, Hippolyte planted vines on this historic plateau, whose roots trace back to the 14th century. Jules, his son, expanded the estate and named it “Vieux Télégraphe”, honoring the optical telegraph once installed there.
