Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape red 2023

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Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape red 2023

Guide Bettane + Desseauve 2026 (August 2025): 96/100. Each cuvée reveals a clear interpretation of the terroir, with contained energy and evident class.

Technical sheet written by the domaine :

GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION: gravelly plateau of the Crau (southeast of the appellation. Intersection of the villages of Bédarrides, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and Courthézon).

AREA: 50 hectares.

SOIL AND SUBSOIL: Miocene molasses (1 to 1.5 m deep) resting on a thick layer of clay rich in pebbles, covered by an alpine diluvium mantle, commonly referred to as “rolled pebbles”.

GRAPE VARIETIES: 65% grenache noir, 15% mourvèdre, 15% syrah, cinsault, clairette, and various 5%.

AGE OF VINES: 70 years on average.

VINIFICATION: manual harvest with double sorting in the vineyard, followed by a third sorting at the winery, light crushing and selective destemming, traditional fermentation of 30 to 40 days in stainless steel and wooden tanks under controlled temperatures. Pressing in pneumatic press, systematic malolactic fermentation.

AGING: 20/22 months in French oak foudres of 60 hectoliters. Bottling without fining or filtration. Market release at 2 years.

PERSONALITY AND AGING POTENTIAL: a very beautiful and elegant Châteauneuf-du-Pape red. The best years can age 25 years and more.

TASTING TEMPERATURE: 17 °C.