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2000 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Community Tasting Notes 314
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bkc1428 Likes this wine: 94 points
April 19, 2024 - Incredibly beautiful and balanced! If modern CdP drank like this, I would like the region much more. For my taste, this is at its peak, but it has the acidity and structure to keep going.
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Buddy318 Does not like this wine:
April 16, 2024 - Undrinkable. Over the hill. Just all prunes.
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geraldsng wrote:
April 13, 2024 - Double decanted 3h so this was probably the most expressive of all the bottles I’ve written about before. The underlying quality is still the same. Some called Burgundy.
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blanquito wrote: 93 points
April 9, 2024 - Enjoyed double blind... This was evident to the table as a great grenache-dominated wine with some darker tones and with plenty of maturity (FWIW, I initially guessed the 2001 Pegau, but this wasn't funky enough to try check that box). Beautifully textured and layered, a CdP in a style I (still) love. Certainly at its apogee, but showing now signs of fading.
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TheGreenFrog Likes this wine: 94 points
April 3, 2024 - Wonderful. Complex fruit and nice balance. Was rather apprehensive as last bottle I had two weeks ago was past its prime, but this bottle is fabulous.
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By Andrew Jefford
Jefford On Monday: Châteauneuf in the cellar, 5/23/2016 (link)(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, La Crau, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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September 2009 (link)(Domaine Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf du Pape) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
July 2004 (link)(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf du Pape) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
January/February 2002, IWC Issue #100 (link)(Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf du Pape) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
7/14/2011 (link) 91 points(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau) Group's #5 (my #3) – 56 pts.; 0, 1, 4, 1 - bricking medium dark ruby color with pale meniscus; reticent, ripe berry, baked raspberry nose; tightish, tart cherry, raspberry, vanilla oak, incipient ginger cake palate with drying tannins; medium finish
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By Richard Jennings
10/30/2009 (link) 92 points(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau) Medium red violet color; herbal, mature, charcoal, garrigue nose; very tight, charcoal, black fruit, garrigue palate; medium-plus finish
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By Richard Jennings
9/15/2008 (link) 92 points(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau) Group's #7 (my #5) – 83 pts; 2, 0, 2, 3 – Medium violet purple with clear meniscus and slightly cloudy; spicy plum, berry and garrigue nose; tart charcoal, peppery, garrigue, tart plum, young yet, and a little hot; medium finish 92+ pts.
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By Richard Jennings
3/12/2007 (link) 92 points(Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau) Group's #4 (my #3) – 52 pts; 1, 3, 3, 2 – nice Grenache cherry nose with hint of white chocolate; lovely entry, tart, concentrated red fruit with some chocolaty oak edges, velvet texture; medium-plus chocolaty finish 92+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2000
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard La Crau
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- UPC Codes 041226045000, 041226065008, 086459025399, 761503633217, 761503633293
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 7 (0%)
- In Cellars 2,258 (52%)
- Consumed 2,049 (47%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Cheese, Pork tenderline grilled with an asain spice rub., Rack of lamb, stuffed squash flowersWho Likes This Wine
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- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationChâteauneuf-du-Pape
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