Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Crau Blanc 750ml
Reference : 30329658
Sku: 30329658
Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Crau Blanc. It is a white wine produced by Domaine du Vieux made in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, in the Southern Rhône, with Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc and Roussanne grapes. Coming from a single plot of vineyards aged between 50 and 55 years in the Crau, it is a combination that includes approximately 45% Clairette and 30% Grenache Blanc.
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It was Henri Brunier who penned the first chapter of this wonderful family story in 1891, in the village of Bédarrides, well known today as occupying the southeastern portion of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC area. In that year, he gifted to his son Hippolyte some plots of land on La Crau, a place in those days considered practically unfit for cultivation, its soil a thankless proposition due to a high density of pebbles, The latter planted his first vine stocks on this commanding plateau, where grapes had first been grown in the 14th century; and where, in 1821, Claude Chappe, inventor of the optical telegraph, built one of his signal towers. Hippolyte’s son, Jules, extended the estate to 42 acres and aptly named the fruits of his labours “Vieux Télégraphe”.