Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Size:12x750ml austere and backward finish that

austere and backward finish that is presently quite compact

something that one doesn’t see often

Corvinone and Rondinella

earth and a hint of tobacco

The 2005 Belgrave is a gorgeous Haut-Médoc

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Size:12x750ml austere and backward finish thatI 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