Sara Thomas

9.3

Lovely! Bitter almond, baked apple, preserved lemon, ginger, touch of honey. Time to drink up! — 6 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Couleur jaune claire
Nez frais et vanillée raisin mûr
Bouche fraîche et ample à la fois finale sur des notes florales et d épices
— 6 years ago

Joshua Fisher

9.4

Cherie Melka and her GM of the estate , sylvie — 6 years ago

Ted

9.3

I like it. — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Very nice Alsatian white blend. Energetic with great acidity, mouth-filling intensity, and a long finish. Delicious and refreshing. — 8 years ago

David D

9.1

Tea, berries, a little cocoa, good tannins. Liked it a little more than the 2013. From Shawn's. — 8 years ago

Connor C

9.0

Part of the blind France vs CA wine tasting at the office. Very lemony and light, and color more transparent than yellow. Initially thought it was a Sauvignon Blanc. Loved the fruitiness — 9 years ago

Przemek Adolf

9.5

Juicy, slightly funky. Good acidity. — 9 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Robe rubis foncée
Nez épicé léger boisé pointe animale de réduction
Bouche fraîche de petits rouge finale délicate tonique aux tanins fins
Très bien pour le millesime
— 6 years ago

Ruby Yao

9.3

Love it. Complex and fragrant. Absolutely delightful — 6 years ago

E & K G

8.9

Young and fresh even with a bit of green on the nose, but it starts to put on weight after about 10-15mins. Great value wine. — 6 years ago

Fredybeans

8.9

Jaune clair
Arôme pamplemousse et pointe épicée
Bouche ample fraîche tendue avec une certaine amertume beau grain fin — 7 years ago

Patrick Trovato

9.0

Sylvia Esmonin's 06 Gevry Chambertin- young as ever, tannins softened, but the wine itself doesn't show many signs of age. Bold dark boysenberry or Marionberry is indicative of her late picks that have somewhat of a cola type finish. — 8 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

All the ingredients are there, just needs time. Showing spice and plenty of structured fruit already but mostly closed still. — 8 years ago

with Max, Eli and 1 other

Yasmine

9.4

Light wine. Enjoyable if you are not a fan of dense red wine. — 9 years ago

with Racha

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

This is an insiders wine. You have study, focus and taste a lot wine to know how special this wine can drink. Especially, at its QPR.

There are a lot of people that covet SQN, Caycuse, Horsepower and No Girls. For my palate, these wines either burn the palate with ABV or choke off the fruit with way too much bacon fat and or deeply marinaded grilled meats. Yes, you are drinking expensive, flashy producers but, I would humbly disagree they are better wines than this 2011 Le Clos Du Caillou Vielles Vignes Cuvée Unique. Those other wines should aspire to be everything this 2011 shows and delivers.

This Le Clos Du Caillou has the balance the above wines lack and at a fraction of the price point. I would drink this 2011 over any of the other fore mentioned wines. While this Le Clos Du Caillou is a shade hot, it is not nearly as hot as SQN etc.. Hot ABV alcohol that burns the palate & back of the throat will forever be a fatal flaw in a wine.

The nose reveals, ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, blue & purple fruit mix, poached & back strawberries, black raspberries and both plums. Dark, sweet tarriness, dry, crushed rocks, steeped teas, anise stretching to black licorice, hint of dry herbs with bay leaf leading the way, dry brush, black, dry earth, savory, grilled meats, medium, dark spice, understated baking spices; clove, nutmeg, vanilla and a touch of clove, dark & mid red fruit cola, just a whiff of incense with candied, fresh and withering red & dark florals.

The body is rich and mid full. Tannins just 50% resolved with round, dark tarry teethiness. The structure, tension, length and balance are harmonious...just before their peak. Ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, blue & purple fruit mix, raspberries that haut the center palate on the long set, poached & back strawberries, black raspberries and both plums. Dark, sweet tarriness, dry, crushed rocks, limestone minerals, steeped teas, anise stretching to black licorice, hint of dry herbs with bay leaf leading the way, dry brush, dry black earth, dry stone wrapped in moist clay, savory, grilled meats, some bacon fat, medium, dark spice, understated baking spices; clove, nutmeg, vanilla and a touch of clove, Mix of caramel & mocha powder, dark & mid red fruit cola, just a whiff of incense with candied, fresh and withering red & dark florals. The acidity is phenomenal. The long, ripe, well balanced & textured, elegant finish is memorable and is persistent for several minutes.

Wine paired perfectly with our marinated Tri-tip.

If you are over paying for the above lesser wines mentioned above, you owe it to yourself to seek out and cellar this wine appropriately.

Photos of; Le Clos Du. Caillou, their barrel room, Owners-Sylvie Vacheron & Bruno Gaspard and one of their vineyards. It’s amazing they can grow anything in that stone soil structure.
— 6 years ago

Andrew Lohse

8.9

Floral, aromatic. Acid doesn’t dominate the attack. Steely. Citrus, green apple. Solid length. — 7 years ago

Jed

9.1

Always a pleasure. — 8 years ago

Christine Kidder

9.1

Organic 9 solid$43 — 9 years ago

Hideyuki Oogami

9.2

Nice aroma( *・ω・)ノ
Look like Roch. — 9 years ago

with Fujimi