This is an elegant Echézeaux though presently it is backwards

That description holds as well for this 2017

supple character will allow for early drinking pleasure

Still a little grating on the finish for the moment

Frédéric Engerer

Clos Caillou, Chateauneuf Du Pape Safres other_regions_australia This is an elegant EchézeauxI 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