On the nose amazing mineral raspberry liqueur. Silky tannins, touch of leather, the warmth of the south but a `cool` wine overall with a long mineral-salty finish. Some people harvested early September because of sugar levels, this was picked 3rd October. Quite a lot of clay in the soil here. 100% aged in raw concrete. (CW 14/05/12)
- Producer
- Chapoutier
- Origin
- Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Southern Rhone, Rhone/southern France FRANCE
- Colour
- red
- Wine Style
- dry
- Farming Style
- biodynamic
- Closure Style
- cork
- Maturity
- drink or keep
- Bottle Size
- 75cl
- Case Quantity
- 6
- Wine Score
- 92 points, Jeb Dunnock, erobertparker.com, Oct 2013
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Media Reviews
Jeb Dunnock
With more richness and depth, and showing the classic fruit-forward and up-front profile of the terroir, the 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Croix de Bois is 100% Grenache that comes from the southeastern part of the appellation. Loaded with notions of strawberries, kirsch, underbrush and garrigue, it has medium to full-bodied richness with a supple, fleshy and hedonistically styled feel on the palate. As with the La Bernardine, I don’t see this making old bones, yet it should provide ample pleasure for upward of a decade. Drink now-2021. 92 points
