Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (Famille Brunier), Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Southern Rhône, France 2014 noinventory when an uncharacteristically rainy season

when an uncharacteristically rainy season gave what they feared would be a watered-down version of Vieux Télégraphe

coastal influence

and Decanter

he personally handles all the cellar workings

Ideally enjoyed neat

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (Famille Brunier), Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Southern Rhône, France 2014 noinventory when an uncharacteristically rainy seasonFull 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