An exceptional Châteauneuf-du-Pape

I am sure that you will have heard of this great red, says Matthew Jukes. But have you ever come across its little brother?

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2012 Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Tlgramme, H. Brunier et Fils, Southern Rhne, France (£25.95, reduced to £21.95 each if you buy three bottles, until 18 January, Tanners Wine Merchants, 01743-234455, email sales@tanners-wines.co.uk).

I simply adore this exceptional creation. Tlgramme is the second wine of the monumental label Chteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine du Vieux Tlgraphe. I am sure that you will have heard of this great red, but have you ever come across its little brother? If you have then you will surely be a fan and you will recognise the value offered by Tanners here and dial their number at light speed to secure stock. If you haven't yet been mesmerised by the wines from this heroic producer then it is prudent to inform you that this estate made it into my 100 Most Iconic Wines Estates book.

In terms of purity and poise, this is one of the benchmark grenache-dominant red wines of the world. Rich, hedonistic, slippery and also drinking phenomenally well already, this wine should form one of the cornerstones of your entertaining schedule throughout this late autumn/winter period. A nudge under 15% alcohol, this is a big red wine, but it doesn't feel like it as rose petal and raspberry coulis notes confound the senses. Under this veneer there is a wine with a huge, throbbing engine, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (MatthewJukes.com).

Matthew Jukes
Matthew Jukes

Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.  

Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.

He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.

Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’.  He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner. 

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy.  His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.

 

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