Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
The Vieux Télégraphe estate has been run by our family, the Brunier family, for six generations, exactly since 1891. The vineyard, with an average age of 60 years, is located on the famous Crau plateau, the Mecca of Châteauneuf-du-Pape viticulture. This terroir gives our wines a very special minerality, as if they had been filtered through the thick layer of rolled pebbles left behind when the Alpine glaciers melted, long before the Rhône Valley was formed. Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe (red and white), Télégramme (red), Piedlong (red), Clos la Roquète (white)… we cultivate and vinify different expressions of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape terroir, as well as Les Pallières in Gigondas (rosé and red), Le Pigeoulet (red and white) and Mégaphone (red) in the foothills of Mont Ventoux.
Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf du Pape Red
Grape varieties: grenache noir 65%, mourvèdre 15%, syrah 15%, cinsault,
clairette and various 5%.
Age of vines: 70 years
Terroir: a layer of clay with a high pebble content, covered by “galets roulés” (rolled pebbles).
Destemming: A selection of bunches are destemmed.
Yield: 30 hl
Aging: 20/22 months in 60 hectolitre French oak foudres
Press awards: Rated 97/100 in 2016 by Jeb Dunnuck
Vieux Télégraphe "Cuvée Télégramme
Grape varieties: grenache 80%, syrah 10%, mourvèdre 6% and cinsault 4%.
Age of vines: 40 years on average
Terroir: rolled pebbles
Destemming: All bunches are destemmed.
Yield: 30 hl
Aging: 15 to 16 months in 30 to 60 hectolitre French oak foudres
Press awards: Rated 92/100 in 2016 and 2019
Vieux Télégraphe "Cuvée Piedlong"
Grape varieties: Grenache (90%), Mourvèdre (10%)
Age of vines: 70 years for Grenache and 50 years for Mourvèdre
Terroir: sand, clay and rolled pebbles
Destemming: A selection of bunches are destemmed.
Yield: 30 hl
Aging: 20 to 22 months in 60 hectolitre French oak tuns
Press awards: Rated 94/100 in 2016 and 2017 by Jeb Dunnuck
Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf du Pape Blanc
Grape varieties: clairette 40%, grenache blanc 25%, roussane 25%, bourboulenc 10%.
Age of vines: 45 years on average
Terroir: clay and rolled pebbles
Destemming : No destemming
Yield: 30 hl
Ageing: on lees in 30 hectolitre barrels and demi-muids.
Press awards: Rated 97/100 in 2017 and 2019 by Jeb Dunnuck
Vieux Télégraphe "Cuvée Clos Roquête"
Grape varieties: roussane 33%, clairette 33%, grenache blanc 34%.
Age of vines: 50 years on average
Terroir: red clay and crumbly stone
Destemming : No destemming
Yield: 30 hl
Ageing: on lees in barrels and demi-muids
Press awards: Rated 95/100 in 2020