1989 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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• By Chris Kissack
  July 2000, (See more on Winedoctor...)

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• By Richard Jennings
  2/1/2011, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Group's #8 (my #8) – 120 pts.; 2, 2, 1, 5 - bricking medium dark red violet color; cherry vapor, dried cherry, garrigue, smoke, red plum, intriguing nose; tasty, most youthful, dried cherry, red plum, mineral palate with firm, sweet tannins; medium-plus finish 92+ points

• By Richard Jennings
  9/21/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Medium dark cherry red color; reticent, red berry, baked berry, baked raspberry nose; youthful, tart raspberry, tart cherry, mineral, chocolate palate; medium-plus finish (this bottle still needed another 3-5 years)

• By Richard Jennings
  9/9/2010, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 91 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Group's #7 (my #6) – 88 pts.; 0, 2, 1, 3 - medium dark cherry red color; mature, earthy, mushroom, faint garrigue nose; tight, tart cherry, red fruit, mineral, red berry palate; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (this was the tightest, most youthful version of this wine I've tasted--it needed another 4 to 5 years of bottle age)

• By Richard Jennings
  10/2/2009, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Dark red violet color with pale meniscus; smoky, mature, tart plum nose; tasty, tart plum, garrigue, black fruit, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

• By Richard Jennings
  2/8/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Deep dark red violet color; leather, beef jus, graphite and black fruit nose; very tasty and deep ripe plum and black fruit palate with allspice; medium-plus finish

• By Richard Jennings
  10/4/2007, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 93 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Group's #8 (my #4) – 105 pts.; 1, 2, 2, 3 – medium red color; dried cherry, plum and horseradish nose; tasty, tart, spicy plum, soy sauce and horseradish palate with great acidity; medium finish 93+ pts.

• By Richard Jennings
  4/30/2004, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points

  (Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape) Lovely, mature, spicy plum, black fruit palate with well integrated oak, vanilla; long finish