Châteauneuf du Pâpe - Vieux Télégraphe 2019 red

VIEUX TÉLÉGRAPHE REDAPPELLATION

CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE CONTROLLED

GEOGRAPHICAL

LOCATION

: stony plateau of the Crau (southeast of the appellation.

SOIL AND SUBSOLUTION: Miocene molasses (1 to 1.5 m deep) resting on a thick layer of clay heavily laden with pebbles, and covered by the mantle of alpine diluvium, commonly called "galets roulés

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VINEYARDS

: 65% Grenache noir, 15% Mourvèdre, 15% Syrah, 5% Cinsault, Clairette and others.

VINEYARDS AGE: 70 years old on average.

WINEMAKING PROCESS: manual harvest with double sorting in the vineyard, followed by

a third sorting in the cellar, light crushing and selective de-stemming, traditional fermentation of 30 to 40 days in stainless steel and wooden vats under controlled temperatures. Pressing in a pneumatic press, systematic malolactic fermentation.

20/22 months in French oak barrels of 60 hectoliters. Bottled without fining or filtration.

PERSONALITY AND AGEING: a very beautiful and elegant red Châteauneuf-du-Pape

TASTING TEMPERATURE: 17°C.

AVAILABLE SIZES: 75 cl, half-bt, magnum, jeroboam (3 l),

mathusalem (6 l), salmanazar (9 l), nabuchodonosor (15 l). POTENTIAL PRODUCTION: equivalent to 200 000 bts of 75 cl.