This was a glorious wine in the many times I tasted it between 2005-2015. Elegant and so typical in definition and balance of the estate. This seemed surprisingly chunky. Not very elegant though still healthy.
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So tonight I revisited the 1995 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, and while this wasn't a good situation for taking detailed notes, this wine is just so lovely that I wanted to make at least a brief note of the experience! Cranberries, bright cherries, spices, coffee, and more. This should continue to be gorgeous for at least several more years. [Tasted over more than an hour from the Jancis Robinson glass. I gave this bottle a full week upright for sediment to settle out.] For a fuller description, see my earlier notes (10/10/23, 10/4/23, 3/27/22, and 9/19/20)
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Out of magnum. Cigar box, leather, sweet Grenache fruit, green olives; great density on the palate, so fresh and youthful still, impeccable balance and also the length is fantastic. Just amazing wine. 18.5/20
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4/5/2024 - Loathesome Likes this wine: 89 Points
This was a glorious wine in the many times I tasted it between 2005-2015. Elegant and so typical in definition and balance of the estate. This seemed surprisingly chunky. Not very elegant though still healthy.
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2/21/2024 - JohnMcIlwain wrote: flawed
Corked AF, sigh
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2/3/2024 - SpenceP wrote: 94 Points
So tonight I revisited the 1995 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, and while this wasn't a good situation for taking detailed notes, this wine is just so lovely that I wanted to make at least a brief note of the experience! Cranberries, bright cherries, spices, coffee, and more. This should continue to be gorgeous for at least several more years. [Tasted over more than an hour from the Jancis Robinson glass. I gave this bottle a full week upright for sediment to settle out.] For a fuller description, see my earlier notes (10/10/23, 10/4/23, 3/27/22, and 9/19/20)
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12/10/2023 - ploher wrote:
Out of magnum. Cigar box, leather, sweet Grenache fruit, green olives; great density on the palate, so fresh and youthful still, impeccable balance and also the length is fantastic. Just amazing wine. 18.5/20
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11/23/2023 - DBenke wrote: 95 Points
Such a great wine. Nicoise olive galore. Great fruit. Love this.
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