2018 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape Télégramme, France, Rhone, Wine Review

This is the second wine of Vieux Telegraphe. Dark garnet in color, mostly clear and bright. The nose is nice with spices, garrigue, and black cherries. It has a soft but inviting texture. Black cherry fruit with baking spices. A bit of cough syrup on the finish. With air, just a touch of prunes. The is drinking a bit better than the first wine at the moment and one to drink while waiting on the bigger 2018's. It should drink well for another ten years. This will work well with meats and fowl. A burger would work well.

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A-

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2018

Current Price:

$48.00USD

2018 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2018

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A-

Current Price:

$80.00USD

A classically styled CdP, the word "rustic" no doubt comes to mind. It is a blend of 65% Grenache, 15% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, and 5% (Cinsault, Clairette, and others). Ruby in color, mostly clear and bright. The nose has cherries, funk and garrigue. Full bodied. On the palate slightly silky texture. Medium tannins. Cherries and black cherries with some earthiness. Black licorice on the finish. Drink over the next ten to fifteen years. Great on its own, this will work nicely with braised beef.

2005 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, France, Rhone, Wine Review

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2005

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Current Price:

$120.00USD

This is in a great place right now (as seem to be many of the top 2005 CdP's). Garnet in color, mostly opaque and bright. The nose has black cherries, slight black raspberries, char, black pepper, nutmeg and black pepper. With air some dried flowers and roasted meats. Full bodied. Complex and layered. This is a big, "masculine" styled type of CdP. On the palate, black cherries, with layers of forest floor, spice and earth. Lively acidity. Good balance. Long finish. This bottle is at peak but should have another five to seven years at this level. Great on its own, it will be even

2003 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2003

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$58.00USD

Nice to revisit this wine at age 18. 2003 was a very hot vintage that was problematic for many winemakers. This one is holding up just fine. It is 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and the rest Cinsault and Mourvedre. This is fully mature but only showing a bit of age. Light purple in color but still opaque and mostly bright. The nose has cherries, black cherries, garrigue and dried tobacco. Full bodied. On the palate, nice cherry and black cherry fruit with underlying tobacco and some char. Good complexity. Long finish. This will work better with hearty food; beef stew would work well. D

2018 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, Rhone, Wine Review

Vintage:

2018

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B+

Current Price:

$50.00USD

This is a blend of 90% Grenache and 10% a field blend. It is quite tight and shut down at the moment so if drinking soon, give it about six hours of air or more. Deep ruby in color, mostly clear and bright. The nose has cherries and garrigue. With air a bit of lavender comes out. On the palate, this has a lovely silky texture. The fruit is quite tight but there are black cherries and black raspberries with a bit of black licorice and anise. Everything feels right about this wine but it just isn't showing much at the moment. Give it another five to seven years and then it should be o

2016 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France, Rhone, Wine Review

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2016

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Current Price:

$65.00USD

2016 is a stellar year in Chateauneuf du Pape and the southern Rhone Valley. While this wine has years left in it, it was wonderful to drink now. Purple in color, ruby at the rim. The nose is great. Clean with black cherries, dust, spice and slight lavender notes. On the palate, this has a wonderful texture. Juicy black cherry fruit. An underlying minerality. Lots of depth. Good finish. It is a big wine at the moment, but will no doubt mellow and gain in complexity as it loses some of that youthful fruit. This easily has a decade and more left to it, but it really is worth drinki

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