WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “Even richer and more decadent, the 2012 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire is a field blend of almost all Grenache, from vines planted in 1889, that’s aged in tank (a small…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “There was no 2009 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire produced, but the 2010 Les Cailloux Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire was made from vines planted in 1889. Composed of 94% Grenache…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “Two brilliant successes are Brunel’s cuvees of 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape. His limited cuvee of approximately 500 cases of the 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire (made from 80% Grenache aged…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “A high-class offering, the complex 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire boasts a medium ruby color as well as a big, sweet kiss of kirsch liqueur intermixed with notions of cedar,…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “The blockbuster 2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire, which is 80% Grenache (from the aforementioned vineyard planted in 1889 in the sector of Chateauneuf du Pape known as Fauguerol), and the…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “Only made in the greatest vintages, the 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire (about 500 cases produced) may come close to equaling the perfect 1998 and 1990. Eighty percent of this…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “The heady 2000 is more evolved than either the 2001 or 1998. Extremely full-bodied, with low acidity, and a knock-out bouquet of blackberry and cherry jam intermixed with licorice, pepper, and…
WINERY PROFILE | Domaine Andre Brunel / Les Cailloux “The 2001 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire boasts an opaque plum/ruby color in addition to a sumptuously sweet, jammy nose of blackberries and cherries intertwined with sweet pepper, smoke, and balsam…