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Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
Domaine de la Roquet(t)e
Domaine les Pallières

Owner: Vignobles Brunier
Resposible: Daniel and Frederic Brunier
Address: Route Chateauneuf du Pape 3, 84370 Bedarrides (Vieux Telegraphe)
Tel. 490 330 031
Direct sale: Monday - Friday 8.00-12.00 and 13.30-17.30. (Red Vieux Telegraphe is normally not available)
Mail
Web: http://www.vignoblesbrunier.fr/
 

In 1898 the great grand father of the owners today Hippolyte Brunier planted an area in La Crau with vines. His son Jules Brunier continued the planting up to 17 ha. and called the property Vieux Télégraphe named from an old signal tower built in 1792 by Claude Chappe the inventor of the optical telegraph. After the Second World War the third generation Henri Brunier enlarged the property furthermore and created the special style of the wines from Vieux Télégraphe. The owners since 1986 Daniel and Frédéric Brunier has purchased two estates Domaine la Roquette in 1986 and in 1998 Domaine Pallieres in Gigondas with 25 ha. AOC Gigondas. They own this estate together with their American importer Kermit Lynch.

Vieux Télégraphe

Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau
65% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 10% Syrah, 10% Cinsault and other varieties.  
The blend can vary - depending on which wine goes in to the 2nd wine Télégramme.
Ageing in cement tank for 9 months and then for 12 months in foudres.

Chateauneuf du Pape Télégramme
Blend and vinification in principly the same as the 1st wine. Maybe shorter time in foudres. At some markets the wine is called Vieux Mas des Papes.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
40% Clairette, 30% Grenache Blanc, 15% Bourboulenc and 15% Roussanne.
About 40% is fermented and aged in barriques.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Télégramme
40% Rousanne, 30% Grenache Blanc 20% Bourboulenc and 10% Picpoul. 
From 5-10-years old vines.

Roquete

This domain is situated in the town of Chateauneuf du Pape, Avenue Louis Pasteur 2.
The area for red wine is 25 ha. and for the white wine it's 3 ha.

Chateauneuf du Pape
70% Grenache, 20% Syrah and 10% Mourvedre.
Ageing in cement tank for 9 months and then for 10 months in foudres.

Chateauneuf du Pape L'Accent
From the best part of the harvest. Small production - about 4.000 bt.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Clos la Roquete
Equal shares of Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Bourboulenc og Roussanne. 
About 20% is fermented and aged in barriques.

Vin du Pays de Vaucluse Les Pigeoulet de Brunier
80% Grenache, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Syrah and 5% Cinsault.

Vin du Pays de Vaucluse Rosé Les Pigeoulet de Brunier
50% Grenache og 50% Cinsault.

Domaine Pallières

Gigondas
80% Grenache, 10% Syrah/Cinsault, 5% Mourvedre and 5% Clairette. 
Ageing in cement tank for 8 months and then for 10 months in foudres.

Photos below from Vieux Télégraphe 

Updated 2009-01-14