Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (Famille Brunier), Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Southern Rhône, France 2014 shrinkflation and larger foudres

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nutmeg and light toffee that elegantly come together with the flavor of orange bitters

In all the years we have been purchasing this wine

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (Famille Brunier), Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Southern Rhône, France 2014 shrinkflation and larger foudresFull of finesse and alluring notes of black cherry, eucalyptus, mint, and garrigue. Of course, its still Grenache grown under a southern sun and in a soil packed full with radiating rounded river stones, so theres plenty of structure, flavor, and succulence. But if you welcome a soulful country rouge with a little more elegance and poise than usual, youre in for a treat. One cannot think of Chteauneuf du Pape, the most celebrated cru of the southern