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VIEUX TELEGRAPHE LA CRAU 2020 - Red wine
RHÔNE - AOP CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE - RED WINE
Grape varieties: Grenache noir (65%) - Mourvèdre (15%) - Syrah (15%) - Cinsault et divers (5%)
Ageing in 60hl french oak tune for 20 to 22 months
- Nose: refined and elegant. Tasty notes of crunchy red & black fruits, sweet spices with a touch of roasted coffee beans.
- Palate: silky. Tannins of great finesse. Perfect balance. Fruity finish.
Tasting date: April 2023.
OUR OPINION: still a success! The 2020 vintage is very elegant, well balanced and pure. A safe bet!
Other available vintage:
TERROIR
The 70 years old vines are planted on the locality of la Crau, a stony plateau of recent geological formation dating from Miocene, Pliocene and Quaternary. Various geological facies are exposed on this terroir, where we find molassic red sandstone, sands and more or less silty or clay molassic sandstone, quartzite pebbles (siliceous rock with welded quartz crystals), and fossiliferous micaceous sands of the Pliocene.
WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING
The Vieux Télégraphe wine is a blend of different grape varieties with a majority of Grenache Noir (65%).
The vines are cultivated according to the sustainable viticulture principles : use of organic manure, green harvest, leaf removal with vines treatment that strictly follows the prescriptions imposed by the Organic Agriculture specifications.
Harvested manually, the grapes are sorted twice in the vineyard and a third time in the cellar. They are lightly crushed, the destemming is selective. The fermentation is traditional, the maceration lasts between 30 and 40 days in stainless steel vats and wooden vats. The must is the aged in a 60-hl french oak foudres for 20 to 22 months.
At the end of the ageing phase, the must is racked and bottled without any fining or filtration processes.
| Country | Rhône Valley |
| Color | Red |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Variety | Grenache noir (65%), Mourvèdre (15%), Syrah (15%), Cinsault et divers (5%) |
| Main Grape Variety(ies) | Grenache noir |
| Alcohol rate | 15 % |
| Quality Designation | Châteauneuf-du-Pape |
| Cellar Potential | 25 years. |
| Service advise | 17°C (63°F). Decant 1/2hr before the service. |
| Culture Methods | Sustainable cultivation method |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | No |
| Comments | Manual harvest. Traditional fermentation in stainless steel vats and wooden vats. Ageing in 60-hl french oak tunes for 20 to 22 months. Neither fining nor filtration are made before the bottling; |
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