2017 Le Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Réserve

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 95.3 points

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  4/17/2021 - Marvin77 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Slow decant over the night and then for 2,5 hours in an decanter because the "La Reserve" is very young at this age. But i wanted to test one of my 3 bottles of the 2017. Even at this young age it is a really good C9dP with 55% Grenache and 45% Mourvedre. The wine is really "elegant" for an C9dP and has a medium body. The ripe fruit is in good balance with a freshness and aromas of garrigue, minerals and tobacco. Really great at this stage but i think in some years it will get even better. The score of 96 is considering this cause at the moment it is only a 94 but i am sure the "La Reserve" will benefit from some years of cellaring.

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  11/11/2020 - JonnyG Likes this wine:

  A Casual Back Porch Get-Together (Los Olivos, CA): Not rated as I found this way to young to discern where it is heading. The wine was fleshy and somewhat monolithic. Being served in the company of a series of mature and gentler wines didn't help. I recall ripe red berries, baker's spice and sweet tannins, but that's about it.

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  8/28/2020 - peasantfleece Likes this wine: 95 Points

  More medium bodied than what pro reviews led me to believe, although good structure. Great nose with sweet fruit on the long finish. Medium acid. Enjoyable,

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  9/21/2019 - Jeff Leve wrote: 97 Points

  Deep, dark and spicy, with lush, fresh, dark cherries, earth, herbs and peppery kirsch. The wine is fresh, concentrated, lush and full, with layers of dark spicy, earthy, peppery fruits in the finish. The wine is produced from a blend of 55% Grenache and 45% Mourvedre.

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  1/26/2019 - Philippe_C wrote:

  Nose of griotte cherries, very saline, very light and feminine... Cerise rouge croquante, very refined and elegant, quite light but very long , 60 seconds finish!! 6000 bottles produced

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