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2001 Domaine du Clos du Caillou "Réserve le Clos du Caillou" Châteauneuf-du-Pape (lightly scuffed label)

2001 Domaine du Clos du Caillou "Réserve le Clos du Caillou" Châteauneuf-du-Pape (lightly scuffed label)

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Wine Advocate

Review Date: 05/2022

While this magnum of the 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape La Reserve didn't quite live up to its legendary 100-point status, it was no slouch. Hints of crushed flowers on the nose are joined by bright cherries and raspberries. Neither young nor old, it's full-bodied and silky in texture, with crisp acids on the long, lingering finish. Drink now and over the next decade. (JC)

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Vinous

Review Date: 02/2004
Saturated, bright ruby-red. Knockout nose of black raspberry, meat, minerals, spices, chicory and espresso. Like liquid silk in the mouth; an incredibly concentrated, nearly confectionery wine, with compelling flavors of blackberry, violet and game. As creamy as a molten Valrhona chocolate cake. The oak component serves to frame and intensify the flavors, enabling this wonderfully thick wine to retain a sappy character. Finishes with intriguing garrigue notes and a repeating espresso element. (ST)

96

Wine Spectator

Review Date: 02/2012
This is rolling along, slowly unwinding its dark, mulled fig, currant paste and blackberry pâte de fruit notes. The still-dense, fleshy and youthful fruit is melding with more-mature hints of roasted apple wood, briar, espresso and smoldering ash notes that stretch out through the long, richly detailed finish. Impressive now, and should cruise for another decade. (JL)

Notes

100 points, Jeb Dunnuck for Wine Advocate: "An off-the-charts effort that was one of my wines of the trip, the 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve Le Clos du Caillou is a spectacular effort that doesn’t put a foot wrong. Getting a bevy of incredible, spectacular, and a few other adjectives (i.e. expletives) in the notes, this rock-star-of-a-Chateauneuf boasts off-the-hook notes of blackcurrants, saddle leather, beef blood, pepper, spring flowers and licorice. Possessing full-bodied richness on the palate, with beautiful underlying structure and depth, this incredible effort represents the essence of this fabulous terroir, and is a thrilling drink that I wish every Rhone- lover could have the opportunity to taste." (8/2014)

Product Details

Origin: Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone, France

Type/Varietal: Rhone Blends

SKU: #1991847