le Clos du Caillou, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Les Safres Rouge

le Clos du Caillou · Rhone › Chateauneuf-du-Pape › France

Red · Red Rhone Blend
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LWIN 1110298
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93 /100
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Taster #5390 · May 29, 2025
94/100
(Imported by NBWI). This top cuvée from Le Clos du Caillou is made from Grenache and Mourvèdre grown in the estate's vineyards in La Guigasse and Pignan with mostly sandy soils. Age of vines: 20 years for Mourvèdre. 70 years for Grenache. Indigenous yeast fermentation. 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. Aged mostly in demi-muids for about 14 months. Unfined and unfiltered. Only 500 cases produced (ave). ------------- Color: Interesting. The color is quite light for a high-end CDP. It's barely …
2020 vintage
Taster #4045 · Jan 4, 2025
92/100
Paired with duck- went well. Maybe a bit too much alcohol for my taste but a well made wine
2020 vintage
Taster #9956 · Sep 14, 2024
91/100
Well integrated. No bold or outstanding fruit. Nose is not big either. Very smooth with low acidity. Elegant food wine
2020 vintage
Taster #2159 · Nov 6, 2023
92/100
The medium garnet color of this Ch�teauneuf belies its concentration. A blend of 95% Grenache and 5% Mourv�dre that was aged for 14 months in neutral oak foudres, it delivers aromas and flavors of dried cranberries, raspberries and Montmorency cherries, supported with Proven�al herbs and mulling spices. Medium-bodied, low-to-medium in acidity, softly tannic, lightly oaked and without alcoholic heat, it stays solid on the mid-palate and finishes long. This particular bottle was decanted through a Vinturi aerator and fully showed …
2020 vintage
Taster #3490 · Jul 21, 2023
With Lauren Scott at Rutherford Grill
2020 vintage
Taster #3490 · Jul 18, 2023
97/100
My wife and I drank our first bottle tonight after opening and letting it sit for 90 minutes. No decant (very unlike me). I think this was perfect, and we drank the wine with dinner. While I am not that knowledgeable about wine, I know what I like. I practice drinking wine daily, and in doing so, I think I am getting smarter every day (not necessarily more knowledgeable)... but I digress. I think Jeff Leve and Frijole got so …
2020 vintage
Taster #9015 · Jan 27, 2023
93/100
Flowers, red fruits and a touch of smoke open the perfume. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, fresh and vibrant with more of that floral edge that adds to the sweet, kirsch and cherries in the core of the wine. Drink from 2022-2034.
2020 vintage
Taster #9015 · Jan 27, 2023
98/100
Smoke. spices, cherries and flowers on the nose are only part of the show. It is the ripe, lush, supple-textured, sensuous, elegant red berries on the palate that own the day with their length, purity and freshness. The wine is produced from a blend of 55% Grenache and 45% Mourvedre.
2020 vintage
Taster #4197 · Nov 20, 2022
deep dark burgundy, medium clarity, ruby silver hue Nose: black cherry, plum, lavender, licorice, wet earth, tobacco, black pepper, thyme, garrigue, milk chocolate, minerals, oak Pal: black cherry, plum, tar, tobacco, licorice, earth, black pepper, fennel, thyme, garrigue, caramel, minerals, toasted oak Feel: medium, full, astringent Finish: long T9
2020 vintage
Taster #6299 · Jun 20, 2022
Wines during Provence trip; 6/18/2022-6/21/2022 : From prime plot of Pignan beside Rayas, this was tightly coiled and had more structure than the Quartz. Also had a more obvious new oak signature and a darker fruit profile, best to leave this for 10 more years.
2020 vintage
Taster #6761 · May 26, 2022
92/100
E�alkl�bburinn r�llar um R�nardalinn.; 5/23/2022-5/27/2022 (10 v�nh�s og ein s�kkula�iger� heims�tt � nor�ur og su�ur R�nardalnum.) : 95% grenache og 5% mourvedre. Mj�g lj�st � litinn. Pl�mur, krydd, s�ta, kj�t, j�rn og bl�� � nefi. S��an � tungunni. D�kk e�a jafnvel sv�rt kirsuber, br�mber, krydd. G�� fylling, f�nt jafnv�gi. G�� tann�n og fullt af �eim. Mikil m�kt. Gott v�n.
2020 vintage
Taster #6761 · May 26, 2022
95/100
Eðalklúbburinn rúllar um Rónardalinn.; 5/23/2022-5/27/2022 (10 vínhús og ein súkkulaðigerð heimsótt í norður og suður Rónardalnum.) : 60% grenache og 40% mourvedre. Flaska nr. 5.197. Mjög ljós litur. Þungur og höfugur ilmur. Dökkir tónar. Brómber, krækiber og blómvöndur. Mjög flott jafnvægi í ilmi. Harðara en fyrri vín. Dökkir ávextir og sætutónar. Tannín eru hörð. Flókið. Bragðhnykill. Krydd og runnagróður í eftirbragði. Virkilega, virkilega gott vín. Líklega sniðugt að láta það í friði í a.m.k. 5-7 ár. 100€ kostar flaskan (magnum …
2020 vintage
Taster #0902 · Feb 7, 2022
97/100
Terroir guigasse et Pignan… Framboise écrasée , tres salin, animal… Framboise écrasée , plus leger, mais très très élégant et delicieux, longueur 45 sec, very feminine, almost transparent.
2020 vintage
Taster #0902 · Feb 7, 2022
95/100
Wow, super saline, cherries, sappy, delicious, fraise ecras�e� Super delicious, light, etheral, electric sapyness, fraise ecras�e, mineral, enorme salinit�
2020 vintage
Taster #8564 · Feb 27, 2020
Corked
2009 vintage
Taster #4365 · Feb 12, 2020
91/100
Decanted 1.5 hrs. Resolved, silky, drink over next 2 years.
2009 vintage
Taster #2443 · Sep 13, 2017
92/100
Took 1.5 hours but got there
2009 vintage
Taster #1841 · Nov 27, 2014
89/100
medium body, nice spicy finish. paired with our Thanksgiving dinner fairly well.
2009 vintage
Taster #4365 · Oct 29, 2014
90/100
Decanted 1.5 hrs. Nice depth, yet still showing its youth. Try again in 2016.
2009 vintage
Taster #0665 · Apr 3, 2014
90/100
Maybe a little more fruit forward then some CdP, but like most of the '09 Rhones this is drinking very well right now. The fruit while present isn't over the top, there is just more of it then other CdP wines, and the balance between everything is solid and well done. I like this producer and they seem to make nice wine at a good price.
2009 vintage
Taster #3785 · Apr 13, 2013
Fruity: prunes and cherries. A tinge of pepper.
2009 vintage
Taster #2546 · Jun 4, 2011
92/100
Recent Rhone (and Provence) Releases, mainly 2009s (Artisan Wine Depot, Mountain View, California) : Intense, wild berry, strawberry, charcoal nose; complex, wild berry, wild strawberry, garrigue, mineral palate; needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish 92+ points (100% Grenache)
2009 vintage