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Famille Brunier

Famille Brunier Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023

Price: $75.00

Tasting notes

Deep ruby with a bright, clear garnet core. The nose offers ripe red cherry, garrigue, Provençal herbs, and black pepper with a mineral undercurrent. On the palate, the wine is round and generous, with smooth tannins, well-integrated acidity, and a persistent, spiced finish typical of the appellation.

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  • Style: Medium to full-bodied Châteauneuf-du-Pape with a fruit-forward, approachable profile; silky tannins and a savory, spiced finish; designed to drink well young while having the structure for five to ten years of cellaring
  • Grapes & terroir: 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre, 4% Cinsault; sourced from younger vines on the galets roulés and clay subsoil of La Crau, plus select parcels within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation
  • Winemaking: Hand-harvested with triple sorting at vine and winery; fully destemmed; 25 to 30 days fermentation in temperature-controlled vats with indigenous yeasts; aged 15 to 16 months in large oak foudres; bottled unfined and unfiltered
  • Serving temperature & decanting: Serve at 63 to 66°F; decant for 30 to 45 minutes to allow the wine to open up and reveal its aromatic complexity
  • Pairing: Roast leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic
  • Similar to: A structured Gigondas or a fruit-forward Grenache-dominant Côtes du Rhône Villages with additional depth and length

Famille Brunier Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023 is a red blend produced by Vignobles Brunier from young vines averaging under 30 years of age, alongside older parcels within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation that fall outside the La Crau and Piedlong plateaux. The blend is 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre, and 4% Cinsault, all grown on the galets roulés soils of La Crau. Grapes are hand-picked with triple sorting, fully destemmed, and fermented for 25 to 30 days in temperature-controlled vats. Famille Brunier Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023 is then aged 15 to 16 months in large French oak foudres of 30 to 60 hectoliters and bottled unfined and unfiltered at 18 months.

Roast leg of lamb with rosemary, daube de boeuf, lamb tagine, duck confit, wild mushroom risotto, aged Comté, grilled porcini.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Red
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 6% Mourvèdre, and 4% Cinsault
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2023
Alcohol:, 14%
Country:, France
Region:, Rhône Valley
Appellation:, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Low Sugar, Zero Added Sugar

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Famille Brunier Télégramme Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2023
$75.00

Producer profile

Famille Brunier

Vignobles Brunier is the operating name under which the Brunier family manages all of its estates and cuvées across the southern Rhône. The family's roots in the appellation date to 1891, when Hippolyte Brunier planted the first vines on the La Crau plateau in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The estate he founded, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, is named after an optical telegraph relay tower erected on the La Crau hillside by engineer Claude Chappe in 1821. The Bruniers have farmed the property and produced wine there continuously since the turn of the twentieth century, and Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe is now considered one of the reference estates of the appellation.

The fifth generation, brothers Frédéric and Daniel Brunier, took over management from their father Henri in 1988 and have since expanded the family's holdings significantly. In 1986, they acquired Domaine La Roquète, which provides the fruit for Piedlong and Clos La Roquète Blanc, both within the Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC. In 1998, they purchased a 25-hectare share of Domaine Les Pallières in Gigondas in partnership with American importer Kermit Lynch. The Bruniers also have a stake in Massaya in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. Frédéric and Daniel's son Édouard, the sixth generation, is now actively involved in both viticulture and winemaking.

Télégramme was first produced in 2002 from younger vines and non-La Crau parcels within the appellation. It was conceived as a fruit-forward counterpart to the flagship Vieux Télégraphe, intended for earlier drinking while still reflecting the galets roulés terroir and the Brunier house style: indigenous yeast fermentation, large foudre aging, and bottling without fining or filtration.

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Wine region

Rhône Valley, France

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is one of the most recognized appellations in France and the flagship cru of the southern Rhône Valley. The appellation takes its name from the "new castle of the Pope," a reference to the period in the fourteenth century when the papal court relocated from Rome to Avignon, bringing increased prosperity and viticultural attention to this part of Provence. AOC status was first granted in 1936, making Châteauneuf-du-Pape one of the earliest appellations in France to receive the designation.

The appellation covers roughly 3,200 hectares spread across five communes: Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Bédarrides, Courthézon, Orange, and Sorgues. It permits 13 grape varieties for red wines (and 18 in total), a breadth that reflects the diversity of soils and microclimates within its boundaries. Grenache dominates the red blends across the appellation, typically complemented by Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Cinsault.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is perhaps best known internationally for the galets roulés, the large, rounded riverbed stones that blanket the surface of vineyards like La Crau. These stones absorb heat during the day and radiate it back to the vines at night, extending ripening and contributing to the generous concentration typical of the appellation's reds. Below the stones, soils vary considerably by sector: La Crau sits on Miocene molasse over clay-rich subsoil, while other sectors feature sandy soils, limestone, and red clay terraces. This geological diversity is one reason the appellation produces wines of genuinely different character across its producers and cuvées.

The Mistral wind plays an essential role across the appellation. It reduces humidity, prevents disease pressure, and naturally dries the grapes, which contributes to lower yields of high-quality fruit and helps the region's vignerons farm with minimal intervention.

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