Daniel Brunier was absolutely beside himself with anticipation last month when the subject of the 2016 Vieux T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe vintage came up. \u201cI would never use this word lightly, but 2016 is the absolute best vintage I\u2019ve ever seen here since 1978\u2026 I loved the 2010, the 2007, there were others which gave great emotion, but 2016\u2026\u201d and with that he just nodded his head in disbelief. This was at a casual, home-cooked, off-the-record dinner, not at a trade or promotional event. \u201cThis vintage is so\u2026 vibrant. The rusticity of our La Crau vineyards, of the old Ch\u00e2teauneuf-du-Pape, is back\u201d. KERMIT LYNCH WINE MERCHANT – MARCH 2019 NEWSLETTER – CHRIS SANTINI Daniel Brunier was absolutely beside […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-31","category-infos-millesimes","category-rouge","category-vieux-telegraphe-millesimes"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIntrigued, we went to the cellars the next day to taste. We tasted out of the casks, and indeed what was in the glass was unlike no other\u00a0Ch\u00e2teauneuf<\/em>\u00a0I\u2019ve ever experienced. The juice was luminous and bright, clearly alive and kicking. The taste was salty and spicy, herbal and airy\u2026hardly what one would expect from this neck of the woods, yet a profile for which I believe all great southern wines can strive for, and perhaps once did strive for a few generations ago.
\nFour generations of Bruniers have been farming the rock covered La Crau plateau since 1891. The steady family stewardship of the land, coupled with one of the most singular terroirs of the world (the rock covered plateau where these vines grow is at points four meters deep with rock before you hit a grain of soil), along with ideal growing conditions and a winemaking approach of zero extraction, gives you\u20262016 Vieux T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"