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 practici