Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Quartz 2021 carafe sandy soils of Ebenezer

sandy soils of Ebenezer

75% Grenache Noir

SKU : GELAS8yrsPACHERENC

No artificial flavouring

tannins like moon dust that speak of a far-flung place disappearing into the starry night punctuated by colorful swirls far out in the cosmos

Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Quartz 2021 carafe sandy soils of Ebenezer80% Grenache Noir, 20% Syrah, yielding only 18 hl ha, from 60 year old vines in the lieu dit of Les Cassenets which adjoins Le Caillou to the south. Hand picked and hand sorted, 100% destemmed then natural yeast co fermented in tronconique wooden casks. Cuvaison lasts 34 days with extraction via plunging and delestage (rack and return). Matured for 15 months in 80% old demi muids (600 L) for the Grenache and 20% old barriques for the Syrah. Perhaps a