Vieux Télégraphe Blanc 2020
VINOUS – NICOLAS GREINACHER – DÉGUSTATION AVRIL 2023
(93) The 2020 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc La Crau checks in at a moderate 13.5% alcohol. It displays enticing aromas of honeysuckle, jasmine, lemon peel, lime zest, white peach and hints of fresh coconut. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and layered, the 2020 concludes with a sapid finish and will provide sheer drinking pleasure over the next seven years.
DÉGUSTATION PAR JEB DUNNUCK AU DOMAINE – LE 11 NOVEMBRE 2022
The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Blanc is showing even better today than when I tasted it last year. Pear, stone fruits, and crushed stone as well as a kiss of black licorice emerge on the nose, and it’s medium to full-bodied, with a great mid-palate, flawless balance, and a wonderful sense of freshness and purity. Give bottles another year or two, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 15+ years. 96 pts.
JAMESSUCKLING.COM – STUART PIGOTT – 7 MARS, 2022
95. Plenty of fresh-nut character, plus notes of bread dough and candied lemon on the enticing nose. Rich and creamy palate, the underlining stony character complementing this very neatly. Long and complete finish with serious textural and mineral complexity. From the Domaine du Vieux Télégraph stable. Drink or hold.
VIGNERON MAGAZINE – N 48 – PRINTEMPS 2022 – JEAN-LUC BARDE
Comme Hippolyte, leur ancêtre qui faisait tourner une loterie et avait commencé à planter sur le plateau, ils ont tout misé sur la Crau pour ce blanc et ses clairettes centenaires qui font la moitié du chemin dans la bouteille. Le reste est parcouru par le grenache blanc, la roussanne et le bourboulenc. Bonne pioche, c’est délicieux, une gourmandise subtile, filiforme, verticale, un esprit élevé aussi haut que le Ventoux.
WINE SPECTATOR’S INSIDER WEEKLY – JAMES MOLESWORTH – 26 JANVIER, 2022
DOMAINE DU VIEUX TELEGRAPHE – CHÂTEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE WHITE LA CRAU 2020
95 points | $87 | 348 cases imported | White
Well-built, with a steady intensity to the waves of white peach, star fruit, acacia, honeysuckle and mirabelle plum. Delivers flashes of lemon shortbread and quinine through the finish, giving it both plump and racy elements. This is hard to lay off now, but it has some development ahead of it. Clairetty, Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc and Roussanne. Drink now through 2030. — J.M.
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