2022 Le Clos du Caillou Cotes du Rhone Rouge Vieilles Vignes Cuvee Unique

Producer: Le Clos du Caillou 
Region: Côtes du Rhône, Rhône, France 
Blend: 75% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 5% Carignan, 5% Mourvèdre 
Year: 2022  

Winemaker Notes: 

"At exclusive with importer North Berkeley. With the help of winemaker Bruno Gaspard, we select the finest lots of older-vine wines from the estate's cold underground cellars for this special blend. Spicy, sultry and even age-worthy; always too easy to enjoy.  Aromas of garrigue (wild thyme, lavender and rosemary). Flavors of raspberry and black cherry."  

About the Producer: 

"Wines from Le Clos du Caillou are Rhône blends at their most intense. Concentrated and richly textured, these organically raised wines capture the spice of older-vine Grenache as grown on the region’s finest terroirs. The estate in Courthézon, in the northeastern part of the Châteauneuf-duPape appellation, boasts a mix of terroirs with a predominance of sand, which gives Caillou wines their silky elegance and fine-grained texture. The estate has been practicing biodynamic viticulture since 2003, and was certified organic in 2010. Caillou’s devotion to the character of the land (through bottling wines according to terroir) and its dedication to natural viticulture has only intensified over the years; this is what makes Caillou one of the leading estates in the southern Rhône." 

Alcohol: 14.5% 

Certified organic and practicing biodynamic. Vegan-friendly

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