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2016 Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel) Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Centenaire
Red Rhone Blend
- France
- Rhône
- Southern Rhône
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
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Community Tasting Notes 4
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Jeff Leve wrote: 98 points
October 6, 2022 - This is just starting to show all of its charms. Opening with earthy kirsch, black raspberry, thyme, flowers, and strawberries. Supple and seductive, with silky tannins and a lush finish, you find a hint of cocoa and fig, along with all of its opulent red fruits in the finish. The wine is made from 100% old vine Grenache from vines that are well over 100 years of age, which give this good concentration and depth of flavor. Drink from 2023 - 2037.
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csimm wrote: 92 points
July 7, 2021 - 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape 99/100 point wine taste-off (and a couple of pirate Rhone wines): Powerful and a bit edgy, the Cailloux Centenaire shows some cocktail elements that shoot the dark red and black berry fruit into the boozehound arena for now. Surprisingly watery on the finish, diluting the tail and robbing the back end of some needed fruit. Spice elements swoop in to attempt to add some complexity to the profile, but the alcohol comes back and steals the show. Fairly disjoined at the moment. Let this sit for a while in-bottle, as it was one of the more abrasive in the lineup.
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Jeff Leve wrote: 99 points
October 15, 2019 - What a gorgeous blast of kirsch, cherry, plum, spice, licorice and leafy herbs. Rich, concentrated, elegant and powerful, the wine hits all the right notes from start to finish, ending with wave after wave of sweet, ripe, pure red fruits. This will drink great young, but its true beauty will show up at about 10 years of age.
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beatles wrote: 97 points
October 30, 2018 - Brut de cuve (sent to Cph.). Cristal clear as a stairy night, mineral, immensely concentrated, yet seamslessly put together, clean, intense, elegant with cherry and airyness in it's expression; Grand Vin on the move. 97+
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Les Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel)
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Cuvée Centenaire
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- SubRegion Southern Rhône
- Appellation Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (3%)
- In Cellars 153 (89%)
- Consumed 13 (8%)
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- ProducerLes Cailloux (Lucien et André Brunel)
- VarietyRed Rhone Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionRhône
- SubRegionSouthern Rhône
- AppellationChâteauneuf-du-Pape
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