Buy the vintage: Vieux Télégraphe 1999
Chateauneuf du pape - Vignoble Brunier
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- LOCATION: the stony Plateau de la Crau, in the south-east of the appellation, where the villages of Bédarrides, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Courthézon meet.
- AREA: 123,5 acres.
- SOIL AND SUBSOIL: molasse from the Miocene epoch (1-1.5m in depth) sitting on a thick layer of clay with high stone content, and covered by the pebble blanket of Alpine diluvium generally known as “galets roulés”.
- GRAPE VARIETIES: 65% Grenache noir, 15% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, Cinsault, Clairette and sundry others 5%.
- VINE AGE: 70 years on average.
- VINIFICATION: grapes are hand-picked, with double sorting at the vine, then a third sorting in the winery. Gentle pressing and selective destemming, followed by 30-40 days’ traditional fermentation in temperature–controlled stainless-steel and wooden vats. Pneumatic pressing, then systematic malolactic fermentation.
- MATURATION: 20-22 months in French oak foudres (60hl).
- Bottled unfined and unfiltered, then released at 2 years.
Data sheet
Note | Between 91 and 94 |
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PR rating | 91/100 |
Note WS | 91/100 |
Recoverable VAT | No |
Colour | Red |
Format | Bottle (75cl) |
Vintage | 1999 |
Volume | 12,50 % vol - 75 cl |
Appellation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
Level | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Region | Rhône |
Areas of Rhône | Vieux Télégraphe |