Domaine du Caillou - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Quartz 2019 (750ml)
Price: $89.99
Sale Price: $69.99
| Producer | Domaine du Caillou |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone Valley |
| Subregion | Chateauneuf du Pape |
| Varietal | Rhone Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
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.
Rated 97+/100 Jeb Dunnuck
Decanter Magazine: 96 Points
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.
Rated 96/100 Decanter
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
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. Best from 2023 through 2036. 900 cases made, 150 cases imported.
Rated 94/100 The Wine Spectator
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
This cuvée has firmed up considerably since I last tasted it, and it now appears as if it will demand a bit of cellaring to be at its best. Still a fine effort, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Quartz easily mixes black cherries and red raspberries on a seductive nose, but it's a full-bodied, muscular wine, with ample richness, a velvety mouthfeel and perhaps a touch of warmth on the lingering finish. Try it after 2025.
Rated 94+/100 The Wine Advocate
