Andre Brunel wines - 2006 Rhone En Primeur

“André Brunel produces powerful yet rich, elegant, concentrated wines that have gone from strength to strength since the late eighties… he is one of the bright shining lights of Châteauneuf du Pape.” Robert Parker, Wines of the Rhône Valley

The Brunel Estate of Les Cailloux at Chemin du Bois de la Ville was established in 1919 and is named after the famous galet roulés (large stones) found in the vineyards of Châteauneuf. The Brunel family has lived in the area since the 18th century, although André's grandfather was the first in the family to turn his hand to winemaking and the tradition has continued since. André joined his father in 1971 and during his career as a vigneron has turned Les Cailloux into a world-class domaine. He is most famous for his premium Châteauneuf du Pape, although he also produces outstanding value Côtes du Rhônes and a brilliant Vin de Pays from Vaucluse. We are very pleased to also be able to offer a very limited quantity of his highly sought-after Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvée Centenaire, made in only the best vintages from a tiny parcel of vines and aged in small barrels.

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Delicate spice and floral scents. Ripe, spicy fruit showing citrus notes, peach stones and apricots with a hint of fennel. Complex, intense and concentrated with a long finish.

Aromas of toasted lemons with a hint of spice. Lively, fresh fruit on the palate with flavours of apricots and white peach. Creamy and ripe with mouthwatering acidity. Absolutely delicious.

Classic Grenache characters, with juicy black fruit and blueberries. Ripe and forward raspberry and blueberry fruit on the palate with a hint of mintiness. Perfect tannins and acidity to balance. Simply outstanding value for money.

Brambly fruit on the nose. Deliciously ripe red fruit and summer pudding flavours to follow. Mouthfilling and juicy forward fruit. An excellent example of a Côtes du Rhône.

Berry fruit, smoke, black pepper and earthy aromas. Enormous richness, depth of flavour and minerality coming through on the palate. Very pure fruit with fine grained tannins and delicate acidity, mingling with some leafy, cedary notes and underlying black pepper. Another very fine Châteauneuf from the extremely talented Mr Brunel.

The blockbuster 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Centenaire (80% Grenache from a vineyard planted in 1889 and the rest Syrah with a little bit of Mourvedre) is a completely different style than 2005. At first it reminded me somewhat of the 2000 vintage, but then I couldn’t really compare it to any previous vintage of this wine. It is dark ruby in color with glorious aromatics, mostly kirsch liqueur, some flowers, spice box, and a touch of licorice. Soft, voluptuous, and much more seductive and sexy than the more backward 2005, the equilibrium is virtually perfect, and I suspect this wine will be impressive as it ages much longer than many observers may give it credit. It is so approachable that it caught me off guard, especially when tasted next to the 2005. - 93-95 points, Robert Parker

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