2005 Le Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine du Caillou Les Quartz

Community Tasting Notes (73) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  2/29/2024 - Philippe_C wrote: 95 Points

  Superb nose of roasted strawberries, loads of roasted meat... Very nice integrated and silky tannin, loads of concentrated cherries fruit, very nice!!

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  1/5/2024 - sababa1022 wrote: 88 Points

  Clunky. Thick. Lacking in balancing acid. But flavorful and some will like it.

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  4/6/2023 - David Meddings Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  Decanted 1.5 hours. Dark garnet, suspended sediment. Stewed dark fruit compote nose. Palate is the same - little ability to parcel out different flavours here - this is deep into tertiary territory. Some glints of leather and dusty rose complexity on the relatively long final. Quite big bodied, tannins fully resolved.
  
  There is a sweetness and a general melting pot character to this wine. I've experienced that with Les Safres as well and although it may be a reflection of the vintage I think I am not a fan of the house style here. Too hedonistic, not enough poise and vibrancy. After we finished this off we shifted to Chapoutier's 2007 Croix de Bois which had much greater polish, delineation and most importantly for me was refreshing.

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  2/10/2023 - Labrador Likes this wine: 90 Points

  No formal notes but very enjoyable.

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  6/4/2022 - Two Winos Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Drinking incredibly well right now. I think it has room to improve even more. A few more years and this could be a 96 point wine.

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