Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe 2024 Chateauneuf-du-Pape "La Crau", Rhone Valley

“This year’s arrival, the 2024 vintage, is an essential piece to have in one’s VT collection. It is a wine of precision, balance, elegance, and silken texture—a vintage perfectly adapted for moderate and deft use of whole clusters, which is rare, Nicolas Brunier tells me. With a warm growing season, never once reaching heat-wave levels, each variety reached a clear and ideal expression in the blend: the Grenache shows restrained power, licorice notes, and supple tannins, the Mourvèdre gives its southern accent of wild black cherry and garrigue, while the Syrah adds that wonderful touch of crushed black pepper on top. The big news for this vintage is the first-ever addition of a parcel of Cinsault from La Crau, which graduated from the Télégramme cuvée to the mothership VT blend, adding a bit of a fresh strawberry lift.”—Chris Santini, Kermit Lynch Imports

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