2017 Clos du Caillou ‘Les Quartz’ Rhone Blend

WA91-94 The 2017 Cotes du Rhone Les Quartz looks to be something special. Full- bodied, concentrated and velvety, it delivers intense fruit notes of ripe raspberries and stone fruit that linger on the finish. 
Estate Notes: 85% Grenache and 15% Syrah. Located inside the estate’s “clos” or walled vineyard, vines grow on sandy soils, with large quartz stones (galets roulés). This plot is located close to ‘Les Cassanets,’ reserved for the estate’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge ‘Les Quartz’ blend. Vine age 50 years, on average. Hand-harvested. Destemmed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in cement tanks. Aged for 14 months in a combination of upright, tapered oak cask, foudre and demi-muid. Unfined and unfiltered.