2008 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

The 2008 Vieux Télégraphe is disarmingly ripe and friendly in its youth; the red berry fruit is in the ascendant and the darker, more profound saturnine notes, courtesy of the Mourvèdre, will have to wait. The quality of the wine, as ever, is clear with its determined purity of purpose and firmness of intent. Drink 2014-2020.