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At Châteauneuf, You Can’t Do Better

At Châteauneuf, You Can’t Do Better

by Kermit Lynch by Kermit Lynch

A Featured Selection from the Opening Our Cellar Doors Collection A Featured Selection from the Opening Our Cellar Doors Collection

2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “La Crau”

2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape “La Crau”

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe   

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This superb Vieux Télégraphe vintage is the example other southern French winemakers could look to when seeking where to go next. It is a  breakthrough wine. Daniel Brunier said concisely what he, his brother Frédéric, and I were thinking as we tasted it after the bottling: “Truly classic Vieux Télégraphe, deep and powerful as usual, yet showing great finesse and class, almost an ethereal quality.”
     The bouquet is as lovely an expression of the stony plateau of La Crau as I can remember. It brings to mind the magnificent 1978, 1981, and 1983 Vieux Télégraphes. At Châteauneuf, you can’t do better.
     And pay attention to the remarkable tannin that supports the weight of the wine so well—you can actually use the word ethereal to describe the wine on the palate. Revel in that tannin—so present, so lovely. “Good grip!,” as Clive Coates likes to say.
     Drink the 2013 young, old, and in between.

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Sampling wine out of the barrel.

When buying red Burgundy, I think we should remember:

1. Big wines do not age better than light wine.
2. A so-called great vintage at the outset does not guarantee a great vintage for the duration.
3. A so-called off vintage at the outset does not mean the wines do not have a brilliant future ahead of them.
4. Red Burgundy should not taste like Guigal Côte-Rôtie, even if most wine writers wish it would.
5. Don’t follow leaders; watch yer parking meters.

Inspiring Thirst, page 174