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Le Clos du Caillou Les Quartz Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2020 - First Bottle

Technical Details

Blend	80% Grenache and 20% Syrah
Winemaker	Sylvie Vacheron
Country	France
Region	Rhone Valley
Appellation	Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Vineyard	Les Quartz
Farming Method	Organic Certified
Alcohol	15

Le Clos du Caillou Les Quartz Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2020

Rhone Blends | France

WA95-97, JD94-96+, DC94

$79.95 - 750mL

From a sandy, rocky site on the estate, Les Quartz is always one of the most expressive offerings in the portfolio. Ample berries, floral overtones and a healthy undercurrent of warm spices and fresh Herbs de Provence make this a seductive, just-try-and-cellar-me offerings that is sure to please.

Technical Details

Blend	80% Grenache and 20% Syrah
Winemaker	Sylvie Vacheron
Country	France
Region	Rhone Valley
Appellation	Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Vineyard	Les Quartz
Farming Method	Organic Certified
Alcohol	15%

About The Producer

The Clos du Caillou was founded in 1895 when Elie Dussaud settled there and created an old cellar. It started as a hunting preserve and this history ironically led to its exclusion from the Chateauneuf-du-Pape appellation upon its creation in the 1930's. IN 1996, Sylvie Vacheron and her husband, Jean-Denis Vacheron, decided to leave Sancerre terroirs for a huge challenge : take over the vineyard Le Clos du Caillou and produce great wines. Jean-Denis has very high ambition for the vineyard. He is determined to produce wines that suits him, free of any diktat. He like the finesse, the elegance, the Burgundy style.

Reviews

95-97

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From a sandy, late-ripening site next to the clos, the 2020 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Quartz is an 80-20 blend of Grenache and Syrah. Scents of roses, herbal tea, cherries and raspberries leave the mouth watering, while the palate is full-bodied, lush and silky. It really looks special this year.

94-96+

Jeb Dunnuck
The 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Quartz comes from more rocky soils and is always one of the more expressive, Provençal, sexy wines in the lineup. Based on 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, it gives up a smorgasbord-like bouquet of blueberries, black raspberries, peppery herbs, and violets. With full-bodied richness, ripe, polished tannins, and impressive balance, it’s another fresh, elegant, yet incredibly impressive 2020.

Decanter
Juicy, rounded, relaxed and transparent. Enjoyably drinkable, approachable and compact, it feels unforced and authentic, with ripe tannins, fresh blackberry acidity and a neat, precise finish. Grown half on large pebbles, half on sand in lieu-dit Les Cassanets. Destemmed then fermented in tronconic concrete vats, then matured mostly in demi-muid and old barriques except for 7% in amphora.