Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau Rouge 2020
$447.00
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Drinking window
Ready - youthful · best from 2026 · will keep to 2038.
Tasting notes
Matt Walls · Decanter · 96
Full, generous and broad. Acids are bright and vibrant, and there's a fine but dense weft of tannins through the wine. Great energy and salinity this year, this is particularly fine and balanced, with plenty of concentration and a long finish. All from La Crau and fermented in tronconic wood barrels. Élevage in foudre. Oldest Grenache bunches aren't destemmed.
Drink 2022 - 2038
Joe Czerwinski · Wine Advocate · 93-95
Tasted as a tank sample of the final blend, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau is a blend of approximately 60% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah and 5% other permitted varieties, with about 30% whole bunches used in the ferments. Marked by ripe cherries and hints of complex garrigue notes on the nose, it's full-bodied but also really elegant, with fine-grained, silky tannins, ample concentration and a long, surprisingly crisp finish.
Drink now to 2040.
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