Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe La Crau 1999

Red
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
7.2
WineSaint

Smoky minerals and roasted meat define this mature La Crau, classic signatures of the legendary plateau. Dark berry fruit shows good depth, though the middle palate feels somewhat compressed at this stage. Broad tannins and mentholated lift on the finish suggest graceful evolution ahead.

dark berrysmoky mineralsroasted meatmenthol
Label

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

One of Châteauneuf-du-Pape's benchmark estates, Vieux Télégraphe has farmed the high La Crau plateau for generations, producing structured, age-worthy reds and whites under the Brunier family.