Vieux Telegraphe, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, La Crau Rouge 2017
Standard - 75cl
Stock location: United Kingdom
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- Vintage2017
- ColourRed
- ProducerVieux Telegraphe
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhone
- Sub RegionChateauneuf-du-Pape
- DesignationAOP
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- ABV14.5
- LWIN11180762017
- Avg. Critic Score4★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
Brilliant ruby. Powerfully scented aromas of ripe raspberry, blueberry, potpourri and garrigue, along with an exotic spice nuance that builds as the wine opens up. Subtly chewy and expansive in the mouth, showing impressive energy to its intense, mineral-laced red and blue fruit preserve, candied lavender and spicecake flavors. Finishes sappy and impressively long, with resonating spice and floral notes and harmonious tannins adding gentle grip.
- Drinking Window: 2024 - 2034
- Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
- Review Date: October 2021
Slated to be bottled less than a week after my visit, the final blend of the 2017 Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau is fresh, vibrant and zesty, with notes of roses, tea, raspberries and blood oranges. Full-bodied yet diaphanous and silky, it doesn't appear to have the richness of either the 2016 or 2018.
- Drinking Window: 2019 - 2030
- Reviewer Name: Joe Czerwinski
- Review Date: August 2019