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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Raage on 4/20/2023 & rated 90 points: (CDV)
Après avoir lu les notes CT, je m’attendais à un c9dp plus épanoui, plus affiné par le temps. Bien au contraire, il m’a semblé bien jeune, éclatant, sur le fruité-floral entêtant du Grenache, sur la puissance, la générosité et le soleil. Un vin facile et sans surprise, typé Rhône sud, alcooleux, parfumé (liqueur de fruits noirs-rouges, laurier rose, epices), qui ravira sans doute les amoureux de l’appellation (une structure un peu serrée, légère acidité saline) mais qui manque toutefois du je-ne-sais-quoi de personnalité et de singularité pour le placer haut dessus. (538 views) | | | Tasted by ploher on 5/7/2022: Lovely mature grenache nose, red fruit compote, ash or smoke and earthy notes. The palate is definitely on the elegant side, it's more medium than full bodied with good transparency and some structure left. Really in a lovely stage. This is very good CdP. Drink. 17/20 (457 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 1/9/2022 & rated 92 points: Seems mature and ready to go. Light on it's feet, elegant, Burgundian in style, this shows Grenache-sweetness but not in the overwhelming form, it has vertical character, fine structure.
#PB-JR&Co (1188 views) | | | Tasted by rm97 on 10/28/2020 & rated 94 points: Great stuff. Layers of complexity and what length. Need to keep a couple for another 5+ years - these will be beauties. (742 views) | | | Tasted by TigerLeopard on 2/23/2019 & rated 97 points: Excellent!!!!! (1167 views) | | | Tasted by jcomm on 12/31/2018 & rated 92 points: Excellent. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 6/20/2018 & rated 92 points: Very young indeed, needs air. Tasted vis-avis the 2011, this gains on me. Very elegant wine, mineral, light oin it's feet, yet with an underlying concentration. Almost - all right, I said it - burgundian. Approachable now, better in a couple of years. 92+ point.
#ErikHomecoming#SorbonneIV (1483 views) | | | Tasted by Vinovelo on 12/28/2017 & rated 93 points: Beautiful bouquet and love ng finish. Can benefit from a half hour decant. Drinking nicely now but will last several years. (1406 views) | | | Tasted by Mr.Overhill on 11/3/2017 flawed bottle: Bummer, badly corked. (1384 views) | | | Tasted by yarnon on 2/16/2017 & rated 94 points: Intense nose, very good, smooth palate with a smooth and long finish (1451 views) | | | Tasted by rm97 on 8/1/2015 & rated 93 points: delicious
Complexity, length, great mouth feel (2126 views) | | | Tasted by d'Artagnan on 2/25/2013 & rated 92 points: L'attaque est franche et bien fraîche, le milieu de bouche montre un fruit bien mûr et savoureux, les tanin sont ronds et soyeux, la finale est ample et bien expressive. Comme d'autres vins du domaine, il laisse une impression de maitrise et de retenue. Du bel ouvrage, mon seul bémol est une pointe d'alcool qui n'est pas complètement intégré (il tire 15%). Déjà agréable, mais un beau potentiel de moyenne garde. 92+ pts (3249 views) |
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(Le Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine du Caillou Les Safres Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
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| Le Clos du Caillou Producer website - Read more about Le Clos du CaillouRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Southern Rhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Southern Rhone Valley
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation - Read more about Chateauneuf du Pape
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"As I have written many times in the past, the sweet spot for drinking Châteauneuf du Papes is usually the first 5-6 years after the vintage. Then they seem to go through an adolescent, awkward, and sometimes dormant stage, only to re-emerge around year 10-12, where the majority of wines are often fully mature. The best of them will continue to hold on to life (but rarely improving) beyond 15-20 years. It is only the exceptional Châteauneuf du Papes that will evolve for 20-25+ years, and those are indeed a rarity. However, things may be improving dramatically in terms of the longevity of Châteauneuf du Pape, although Grenache-dominated wines, the vast majority of wines produced in the appellation, are wines that do not have the polyphenol (extract and tannin) content of top Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, or Syrah-based wines. Nevertheless, the younger generation in Châteauneuf du Pape has taken seriously the farming in the vineyards. There are more organic and biodynamically run vineyards here than in any other appellation of France. The yields, which were already low, are even lower today (20-35 hectoliters per hectare), and of course, the proliferation of top luxury and/or old-vine cuvées gives a significant boost to the number of wines that will evolve past 25 or 30 years. The advantage of these wines is their broad window of drinkability." - Robert Parker
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