Andre Brunel Les Cailloux Châteauneuf du Pape 2005

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Andre Brunel Les Cailloux

Les Cailloux Rouge has become the standard to which others are compared with its high-toned surmaturité (very-ripe) nose of sweet cherry-raspberry jam, hints of stewed fruits and sweet herbs. This wine is deep and chewy with plenty of ripe tannins and layers of seductive fruit. The finish is extremely long and concentrated.

Wine Spectator

This offers lots of juicy, well-structured notes of garrigue, black cherry, plum, tobacco and olive tapenade, with a smoke- and licorice-filled finish. Ample grip and minerality leaves a rock-solid impression. Best from 2010 through 2025. 300 cases imported.

Score: 93. —James Molesworth, April 30, 2008.

Wine Advocate

The 2005 Les Cailloux Chateauneuf du Pape is a ripe, heady wine, dense ruby-colored, with plenty of garrigue, pepper, and kirsch notes intermixed with plenty of earthy undertones and underbrush. The wine is tannic, medium to full-bodied, and will probably benefit from 1-3 years of bottle age and keep for 12-15 years.

Score: 90. —Robert Parker, October 2007.