Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2016 pineapple and apricot in the

pineapple and apricot in the finish

Gaia Gaja tells me that the clusters harvested were perfect in appearance

(from parcels measuring

minerals and toasty lees

A more intensely floral-suffused nose reflects an interesting note of pepper on the pretty red currant

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2016 pineapple and apricot in theI 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