Le Clos du Caillou, La Réserve, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône, France 2024

The aromas show an attractive, lifted violet note at the heart of the blue and black fruits. It's pure, with a good weight of fruit. It has quite a firm tannic base, but the tannins are essentially ripe, not green. A longer finish than many 2024s. Sturdy but not massive, with quite strict tannins, so wait a while before opening. It's nonetheless an aerial, weightless style. Grown on sandy soils of lieux-dits La Guigasse and Pignan sud; matured mostly in demi-muids and some clay amphora. Just 6,000 bottles produced.