Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 apple blossom and mint

apple blossom and mint

repeating floral nuances and smooth tannins

spice and earth hints

This historic estate based in Verduno is renowned for its Monvigliero bottling

Pauline Vauthier regards this as the first official vintage of the wine now part of the the family's portfolio

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 apple blossom and mintI loved the two 2005s from Clos du Caillou and this team knocked it out of the park in this vintage. The 2005 Chteauneuf du Pape les Safres is still inky colored, with fabulous aromas and flavors of sweet blackberries, currants, toasted spice, camphor and licorice. Full bodied, ripe and layered, with sweet tannin, this is a borderline fruit bomb that dishes out loads of pleasure. Much more open and exuberant than when I tasted it earlier this year, it