Andre Brunel Les Cailloux Châteauneuf du Pape 1995

wa92

BN#273896

$79.00 SKUBUNLCP95

Send to a friend

print cellar notes

The assemblage is always around 65% old-vine Grenache (80-110 years old); 20% Mourvèdre and 15% Syrah. Each varietal is vinified separately. The Grenache is vinified using the whole cluster to maximize color and aromatics and aged in foudres or tank while the Mourvèdre and Syrah is aged in small oak barrels for 18-24 months. Les Cailloux Rouge has become the standard to which others are compared with its high-toned surmaturité (very-ripe) nose of sweet cherry-raspberry jam, hints of stewed fruits and sweet herbs. This wine is deep and chewy with plenty of ripe tannins and layers of seductive fruit. The finish is extremely long and concentrated.

Actual bottle from our inventory is pictured. These bottles are in excellent condition, from their original case and all fills are into the neck. All bottles are as good or better than the bottle pictured.

Also available:
Brunel CdP Les Cailloux 1998
Brunel CdP Les Cailloux 2000

Wine Advocate

I would not classify 1995 as a great year for Chateauneuf du Pape, although it is certainly excellent, and overall the finest vintage since 1990, but you would never know that by tasting Andre Brunel's sumptuous 1995s. The 1995 Chateauneuf du Pape is a precocious, medium to full-bodied, lush, layered, complex wine offering up abundant quantities of sweet black cherry and kirsch fruit in a spicy, compelling bouquet. This multi-dimensional, low acid wine displays plenty of earth, smoke, and truffle notes to accompany the kirsch, plum, and prune-like fruit. Sweet and rich in the mouth, with an explosive finish, it should drink well for 12-15 years.