
(90) Based on 80% Grenache with smaller amounts of Syrah, Mourvèdre, and Cinsault and aged 15-16 months in French oak foudres, the 2023 Châteauneuf Du Pape Télégramme offers ripe black cherries, minty herbs, flowers, and pepper. It’s medium-bodied and has a charming, juicy, elegant mouthfeel with soft, integrated tannins and outstanding length. Drink 2025-2035.
(93) A seductive version, with full ripeness yet balanced restraint to the round, warm notes of red licorice and cherry, flecked with lavender and vanilla bean. A stream of graphite matches the ripeness, making for a perfumed, incense-driven, tangy finish, with dried herbs, turmeric and earth. Lovely. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault. Drink now through 2038. 1,250 cases imported.
(94-95) Impressive fragrance and freshness are married to deep mulberries and ripe strawberries, and all this is wrapped around an ample tannin structure on the medium-bodied palate. Plenty of drive at the long, quite compact finish.
(91-93) Tasted as a final blend, the 2023 Châteauneuf Du Pape Télégramme is classic stuff all the way, offering beautiful black raspberry and darker cherry fruit, medium-bodied richness, a round, layered, elegant mouthfeel, and some classic Châteauneuf du Pape peppery garrigue, violet, and lavender nuances. It’s going to drink nicely right out of the gate.
(90-92) The spicy and red-fruited 2023 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Télégramme is shaping up to become yet another rock-solid red Châteauneuf from the talented Brunier family. Anchored by polished tannins, the fruit-driven and expressive 2023 checks out with a refreshing finish.