Les Cailloux, Chateauneuf du Pape 2003

Light red.

Toasted hazelnut, garrigue and cherry jam aromas. Pepper and meat nuances.

Round, plush and mouth-filling, with acid driven (stem?) tannin providing fairly stiff structural support. Cherry jam and nut flavors manage to find their way through to the finish. Smoke and prune. Disjointed, I'm sorry to say. Everyone loves L.C., and I thought I did, but I've had problems with several vintages lately.

Day 3 - Nose is great, but I'm still getting weirdness I think is from stem inclusion. Quite spicy, but also has a flattened (not fresh) fruit quality. This is hard to enjoy.

$35