2020 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone Valley, FranceABOUT THIS WINE From the stony Plateau de la Crau, in the south east of the appellation, wherethe villages of Bdarrides, Chteauneuf du Pape and Courthzon meet. The soil is from the Miocene epoch sitting on a thick layer of clay with high stone content, and covered by the pebble blanket of Alpine diluvium generally known as rolled pebbles. 65% Grenache Noir, 15% Mourvdre, 15% Syrah, Cinsault, Clairette and sundry others 5%. Vines are 70 years old on

The idea was conceived by a group of French winemakers called Vini Be Good

and eventually began making their white wines

but rather from an old stone quarry just a couple hundred meters away

or spring vegetable dishes

with only 10% aging in cask

was inspired at cocktail hour in Calistoga when Scott and Michelle observed hares roaming and snacking in their neighbor’s organic vegetable garden - the Forni Brown Welsh Gardens

Made from a blend of wines from Château Smith Haut Lafitte

hondarrabi zuri and hondarrabi beltza grapes are combined for destemming

he stopped using machines in Cornas and replaced them with mules

After a mix of hand and machine harvesting the grapes undergo cold settling

The beating heart of the operation is the “Bussia” vineyard

but successive generations made small acquisitions in Savigny-lès-Beaune