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Vieux...Telegramme?

I've started to see this around at shops lately, but have seen no mention of it here. The label has the regular Vieux Telegraphe label printed in very light ink - backwards - with the word Telegramme printed in the Old English font, diagonally. I Googled this and came up with the story:

"It rained heavily in September 2002. Vieux Telegraphe's syrah and mourvedre crop, normally 25% of the cuvee, was ruined. But its old-vines grenache on the quick-draining cobblestone plateau produced fruit too good sell off. Nonetheless, a 100% grenache Vieux Telegraphe would be atypical, so the Bruniers decided to keep the best of the grenache and bottle it under the title Telegramme, a one-time-only cuvee."

Has anybody here had a chance to try it? Its going for about half the price of the regular cuvee ($35 where I've been seeing it).

-Chris Sprague

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Chris Sprague
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Have not tried it, but with the story behind it as such I wil seek out a bottle. Thanks.

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Jaybert41

First I've heard: UK....anyone here able to tell me where to get it?

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Sammy

Berry Bros & Rudd

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton

Thankyou :-).

I'll nab a couple (and some other stuff to make my order 50ukp :-(). Post notes here after 2 weeks bottle shock allowance.

Here's what they say BTW, 'Unperturbed by a potentially weaker vintage, Daniel Brunier has posted a delicious and approachable winner. Eschewing the dangers of enforced extraction, he has made an unabashedly and uncharacteristically fruity Grenache-based wine. Virtue oozes out of necessity, ripe and honest, serendipity offering something delicious to drink as its four powerful antecedents evolve gracefully.'

Sammy

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Sammy

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