Clos du Caillou Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Quartz 2019

Professional Ratings

• 97 Jeb Dunnuck

  Moving to the tiny production 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Les Quartz, which is mostly Grenache with around 25% or so of Syrah, it has a rich, full-bodied, dense, and almost backward style to go with powerful black fruits, ground pepper, and violet aromas and flavors. I love its purity of fruit, and it builds nicely with time in the glass, showing more mid-palate depth as well as ripe tannins. It’s a stunning bottle of wine, but patience will be required. Hide bottles for 4-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades. Rating : 97+

• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Black cherries and dark chocolate swirl together on the nose of the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Quartz, which somehow manages to retain a mouthwatering sense of freshness on the finish despite the massive ripeness. Full-bodied, richly velvety in feel and expansive in the mouth, this is an impressive effort that's sure to please when young.
  Range: 94-97
• 96 Decanter
  Deep liquorice and tarragon freshness here, this has a voluptuous texture, very rounded and generous. Ends firms and powerful, it's a wine with plenty of presence and has squished blackberry fruits into the long length. Very well balanced for a powerful wine. Grown half on large pebbles, half on sand in lieu-dit Les Cassanets, destemmed, then fermented mostly in concrete, then matured mostly in demi-muid except for 10% in amphora.
• 94 Wine Spectator

  Very expressive, with lots of kirsch and raspberry pâte de fruit flavors wrapped in red licorice. Features a friendly fruitcake echo through the open, silky finish, where a subtle chalky minerality lingers prettily. Grenache and Syrah.