Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 This historic estate based in

This historic estate based in Verduno is renowned for its Monvigliero bottling

apple blossom and mint

but when the wines are on – as they increasingly are – they merit considerable attention

It's much softer than the still-bright 2011

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres Vintage:2007 This historic estate based inI 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