Wine Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC Vieux Telegraphe White 2005
Reviews of purchase Chateauneuf-du-Pape AOC Vieux Telegraphe White 2005
Tasting Notes
Wine greenish-yellow color.
The wine has a wonderful taste with prevailing floral notes that complement the colors of fruit. Lovely length, smooth structure.
The wine has a pleasant aroma with notes of ripe melon, peach and citrus living and mineral notes.
The wine goes well with grilled or steamed fish, tomato salad with olive oil and asparagus.
Interesting Facts
A wonderful white wine Vieux Telegraphe White is made from hand-picked, sorted double grapes. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature in steel tanks partially, partly in oak barrels. The wine is aged for 12 months.
About Chateauneuf-du-Pape was a tower telegraph line Paris-Marseille. All such towers in Europe there were several, among them Russia, which connected Petersburg and Warsaw. These towers are history in the second half of the 19th century, when the electric telegraph was invented. But even in our days are few of the towers - Claude Chappe inventions that are landmarks of European villages. Label for wine Vieux Telegraphe, which means "Old Telegraph", was first published for the vintage 1898, and since then it remains unchanged. Wine Vieux Telegraphe 2008 gained 14/20 points from Guide Bettane Et Desseauve 2010, RVF - 18/20.
History Vignobles Brunier economy began in 1898 in the village of Bédarrides (south-east region of Chateauneuf du Pape) when Hippolyte Bruno planted the first vines in the Plateau de la Crau (Plateau de la Crau), where the grapes are grown from the 14th century. In 1792, Claude Chappe, inventor of the method of the optical telegraph, built here one of his signal towers. Son Hippolytus, Jules, has expanded to 17 hectares estate and called fruits of their labors Vieux Telegraphe («Old Telegraph").
At the end of the Second World War to the third generation, Henri Brun, had a difficult task - the revival of the estate and the formation of his fate. Henri expanded ownership to 55 hectares and create a classic farm appellasona Chateauneuf du Pape, he also formed a style Vieux Telegraphe, who became famous around the world.
Since the 80s of the 20th century, his sons Daniel and Frederic Brunet took control of the family business for themselves. Today ownership Vieux Telegraphe are 70 hectares in Chateauneuf du Pape. Acquired in 1986 Domain la Roquette has an area of 39 hectares. Domain le Palheiro, bought in 1998 in partnership with family friends - a farm of 125 hectares in Zhigondas, of which 25 hectares are vineyards.
1998 also marked the establishment of the company Massaya Liban together with Sami and Ramzi Ghosn, today it owns 50 hectares of vineyards, most of which are located in the north-eastern and central Bekaa Plain.
Today Vignobles Brunier economy for over a hundred years, controlled the fourth generation, it has preserved the original philosophy of living and unspoiled: the cultivation of grapes, best reflects the characteristics of the terroir, the exact process of the traditional vinification, as a result of the creation of terroir wines, which quality is achieved by the best of intentions and aspirations family Bruno .
Vineyards farms processed ecological way, Brunier are supporters of biological methods. The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted twice. Vinification process takes place in the traditional way, where everything is done in order to emphasize the characteristics of the terroir. Grapes are exempt from the ridges and crushed, fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature. Shutter speed is carried out in concrete tanks for 9 months, then 8-12 months in large oak barrels. The wine is bottled without clarification and filtration. As a result, creates a unique, elegant, well-structured wine, capable of long-term exposure.
