2024 Le Clos du Caillou, Côtes du Rhône, France
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70% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, 5% Cinsault
Wines from Le Clos du Caillou are Rhône blends at their most intense. Concentrated and richly textured, these organically raised, older-vine wines capture the spice and silk of old-vine Grenache grown on the region’s finest terroirs. Each wine too reflects the native perfumes of the south, the “garrigue” blend of thyme, rosemary and lavender that grows wild among the estate’s vines.
Of all the terroir in the Côtes du Rhône appellation, the “clos” of Caillou has to be one of the most exceptional. Completely surrounded by Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards, this walled parcel of land was intentionally left out of the appellation by the owner, following a bureaucratic spat back in 1936. What this means today is that Caillou’s Côtes du Rhône wines are the qualitatively the same, with regard to terroir and exposition, as top Châteauneuf wines.
Fresh notes of wild fruits such as strawberry, redcurrant, blackcurrant and cherry. On the palate, we find again this explosion of fruit, made more complex by floral and peppery notes. A juicy and seductive wine, with supple tannins. To be enjoyed in its youth!