Jay Kline

9.1

Unctuous. Best way to describe this wine right now. Drank alongside a Marcoux CdP and this wasn’t even close to the Marcoux’s character and depth. Not to say this wasn’t a good wine; in fact, it was quite good indeed. Expectedly modern. Blue fruits and spice and lots of it. Bigger than the Marcoux for sure. Color was a huge contrast being more purple and the Marcoux’s bright red. Tannins weren’t too obtrusive. Decent acid. Not sure what to do with these wines. Drink now? Do they need more age to become their best? The 15.5% scares me a bit. Right now, this comes across too young. — 3 years ago

Gordon L

9.4

Could smell the wine across the room. Marcoux VV if blind tasted. Hard to believe it's Tempranillo — 5 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.0

Produced and bottled by Domaine de Marcoux.
15% alc.
Served out of a magnum and needed 1+ hour in the decanter to come around.
Despite the producer (which normally is one of my favorites) and probably due to vintage this showed just OK tonight. — 6 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Michael Phillips

9.4

Full bodied nutty melony very good — 3 years ago

Justin M

9.0

Smells phenomenal. Tastes flinty and fruity. — 4 years ago

Kim Stanbro

9.0

While waiting for the other wine to open up, this has kept us company. Bright, raspberries and fig- I swear I keep getting a waft of melon, then open my eyes and can it possibly be? — 6 years ago

with Dave

Chris England

9.2

A fabulous CdP @ a great price of €36-€45 from a single vineyard as a second wine of an unusual single grape for CdP but lovely 👍

📍 Domaine De Marcoux Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Petits Cailloux 2011

🏵 92 points

🍇 100% Grenache

🍷 Vibrant ruby

👃 Fruits of the forest dominated w/ blackberry, strawberry & raspberry through light smoked oak, spiced herbs then earthy mocha & red liquorice

👄 Med body of smooth silky earthy blackberry w/ red fruits, light cocoa & liquorice

🎯 Long blackberry & red fruit earthy cocoa creamy liquorice linger — 4 years ago

Matt Moye

9.2

Great wine, and value. Same winemaker involved in Marcoux if I'm not mistaken. — 5 years ago

Carsten Rudolph

9.1

Traditional chateuneuf - lots of olives, tobacco and spices - very different from the marcoux. - no sweetness at all — 6 years ago

Marc Leduc

9.0

Easy to drink, not heavy, very light tanins. Low complexity but still good and balanced taste. Drank with raclete, surprisingly accetable. — 7 years ago