ON-296855

Clos Du Calvaire Châteauneuf Du Pape 2011

Rhone Red Blend Rhone Red Blend
Rhône, France

$19.95 (296855)

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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)
88 pts
3

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This is a whopper, with 15.5% alcohol that burns through the rich almost sweet palate of dried fruits and the dusty,...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

This is an unusually baked and alcoholic example of Chateauneuf, even within the context of the appellation, in which...

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Sara d'Amato

Sweetish and overripe albeit with good concentration. Flavours straddle the Old World and the New World with notes of...

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