Clos Du Calvaire Châteauneuf Du Pape 2011
Rhone Red Blend
Rhône, France
$19.95 (296855)
This is an excellent price for a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The fruit is rich and concentrated, layered and complex, and the wine is balanced, nicely structured and moderately tannic. Drink it with well-seasoned red meats, like lamb rubbed with rosemary and garlic. Score: 90 (Rod Phillips, WineAlign.com, Mar 2013)Critic Reviews (3)
David Lawrason
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This is a whopper, with 15.5% alcohol that burns through the rich almost sweet palate of dried fruits and the dusty,...
John Szabo, MS
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This is an unusually baked and alcoholic example of Chateauneuf, even within the context of the appellation, in which...
Sara d'Amato
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Sweetish and overripe albeit with good concentration. Flavours straddle the Old World and the New World with notes of...