In 1898 the great grandfather 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.
Since 1986 the brothers Daniel and Frédéric Brunier has
purchased two estates Domaine la Roquète situated in the village of Chateauneuf du Pape in 1986 and in 1998 Domaine les Pallieres in Gigondas with 25 ha of Gigondas. They own this estate together with their American importer Kermit Lynch.
Frédéric Brunier has focus at the vineyards and Daniel Brunier is mostly interested in the winemaking and it's him you most often will meet when the wines are presented around the world.
All 70 ha of Chateauneuf du Pape are situated at lieu-dit La Crau known for a terroir for powerful wines. Furthermore the domain covers 3 ha of Cotes du Rhone from the left bank of Rhone and 7 ha of Ventoux in Caromb. Some of the vineyards in Caromb are used for a cuvée of Ventoux when the rest from Ventoux together with the Cotes du Rhone are used for IGP Le Pigeoulet . Total of 15 ha.
Pigeoulet is the name of the lieu-dit where the domain is situated. 

Frédéric Brunier at Gigondas sur Table 2017

Daniel Brunel at Gigondas sur Table 2018

Wines

Chateauneuf du Pape La Crau
65% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 15% Syrah, 5% Cinsault, Clairette and others. 
Average age of vines is 60 years. Fermented in concrete and then matured here for 10 month before ageing in foudres for 12 months.

Chateauneuf du Pape Télégramme
In princip from vines less than 30-years-old. The blend depends of the vintage but Grenache will always be dominating. The wines from Roquète is used for this cuvée except those used for Chateauneuf du Pape  Piedlong and Clos le Roquète Blanc.
After 10 months in tanks it's aged in wooden tank for 15-16 months

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc La Crau
40% Clairette, 25% Grenache Blanc, 25% Roussanne, 10% Bourboulenc.
Fermentation and ageing in tank, barriques or demi-muids.

Chateauneuf du Pape Piedlong
90% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre. 
Aged in foudres for 20-22 months.
From 11 ha at Lieu-dit Piedlong.

Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc Clos la Roqete
Equal shares of Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc.
Fermented and aged in barrels of different types.
From 3 ha at Lieu-dit a Roquète.

Ventoux Mégaphone
80% Grenache and 20% Syrah.

IGP Vaucluse Pigeoulet
80% Grenache, 10% Syrah, 5% Carignan and 5% Cinsault.
Fermented in cement tank and aged in foudres for 6 months.

IGP Vaucluse Blanc Pigeoulet des Brunier
Equal shares of Roussanne, Clairette and Grenache Blanc. From 0,5 ha in Courthézon planted in 1995.

Domaine les Pallières (Famille Brunier & Lynch)
135 ha of which 25 ha are planted with vines.

Gigondas Racines
80% Grenache, 15% Syrah - Cinsault, 5% Clairette
Aged for 20 months in foudres.

Gigondas Terrasse du Diable
90% Grenache, 5% Mourvedre, 5% Clairette.

VDF Rosé Au Petit Bonheur
Grenache, Cinsault, Clairette. Aged in demi-muids.

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