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The tannins are there and very open-knit and there's a super sapid feel to the finish. The 15% mourvedre does much of the heavy lifting here. It shapes the finish and drags it deep. Around one-third from crushed grapes with stems. Drinkable on release, but best from 2024.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e94-95\/100 James Suckling, Oct'2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2019 Vintage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If anyone tells you that Châteauneuf is just a big red that's never elegant, then they need to taste this masterpiece of elegance. So many spicy and savory nuances on the very concentrated but almost perfectly proportioned palate. This is both joyful and serious at the very long, focused finish. Decades of aging potential! 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He bought some land to the east of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and gave it to his son, Hippolyte. 'Why did he buy it? We don't know,' says Daniel (one of the current owners). 'It wasn't even vines, it was woods.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this time, Châteauneuf was already internationally recognized for the quality of its wine, so even if clearing the land was hard work, deciding what to plant was less of a challenge. Hippolyte's son Jules extended the domaine to 17ha and named it after a nearby stone tower that was used to transmit messages by semaphore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe following generation, another Henri, enlarged the estate to 55ha before bequeathing it to current owners Daniel and Frédéric. Under their command, expansion has been rapid. They've grown their Châteauneuf holdings to 100ha, bought 20ha in and around Ventoux, acquired Domaine les Pallières in Gigondas with US importer Kermit Lynch, and created Massaya estate in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley with partners Sami and Ramzi Ghosn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily members each have their own area of responsibility. Daniel's duties are principally commercial, and his son, Edouard, 27, manages their three Rhône wineries. Frédéric and his son Nicolas, 30, concentrate more on the vineyards, and Frédéric's daughter Manon works in the offices. When it comes to winemaking, however, everyone is involved. 'The goal is that you don't know who made it,' says Daniel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe use of winemaking consultants has become increasingly prevalent in Châteauneuf-du-Pape over the past few decades, but Daniel stresses that there is no outside influence over the winemaking at Vieux Télégraphe. Theirs is a fiercely independent estate. 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Now controlling over 1200 acres, as well as having a network of contracts, this operation is the equivalent of a major Southern Rhone train operating at high speed. Moreover, they are doing some incredible work in all price ranges. Other 2011s that the Perrin boys have produced include the following wines, which were very good across the board, especially for 2011s. In particular, readers need to take a hard look at their estate in Vinsobres, which is making the finest wines of that appellation, and more recently, what they are doing in Gigondas with the estate they purchased there, Clos des Tourelles. These are special wines. There are now three cuvees of Gigondas from the Perrins - the Gigondas La Gille, the Gigondas Vieilles Vignes and the Gigondas Clos des Tourelles. All three merit serious attention. 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