Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Reserve

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape ReserveIn stark contrast, the 2004 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Le Clos du Caillou was open for business, with a perfumed, layered and balanced profile that was begging to be drunk. Made from 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre, it offers plenty of black raspberry, chocolate, spring flowers and spice, full bodied richness, and a multi dimensional, layered and seamless style. Drink it over the coming decade. This was a massive tasting with the team at Clos du

This is more overtly sauvage with an intensely earthy character that includes very fresh red currant

Here's an exciting new submission from Vietti

highly perfumed bouquet evokes candied dark berries

this is prettier than it is deep

This balanced effort is built-to-age and will need it

dark and red berry fruit

berry and light cherry aromas

(from purchased grapes)

The grapes fermented in open wooden vats and carried out the malolactic fermentation in oak barrels

age it a few more years for additional nuance

Billecart-Salmon's newly released 2006 Brut Le Clos Saint-Hilaire is showing well

and the extraordinarily long