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Chapoutier - Chateauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois2015

RED WINE

PUBLIC
October 2025
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Chapoutier - Chateauneuf-du-Pape Croix de Bois label
Organic
New
  • Producer M. Chapoutier
  • Country France
  • Region Rhone Valley
  • Appellation Chateauneuf Du Pape
  • UPC 0 15643 72539 5

Reviews

Jeb Dunnuck 96

The 2015 Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Croix de Bois is another single vineyard cuvee made from 100% Grenache that was completely destemmed and aged all in concrete. It's slightly deeper ruby colored than the Barbe Rac and offers a more fruit-driven style, with notes of blueberry, plums, black cherries, spring flowers and Asian spice. Building with time in the glass, it's ripe, voluptuous and elegant, yet also concentrated and structured.

by JD, Jeb Dunnuck , 2017

Vinous Media 93-95

Deep ruby. Heady, expansive aromas of fresh red and blue fruits, potpourri and licorice take on white pepper and cola elements with air. Juicy, deeply concentrated boysenberry and bitter cherry flavors gain energy as the wine opens up. Sexy Asian spice and floral notes emerge on the back half and carry through the impressively long, seamless finish, which features resonating floral and spice notes and just a hint of tannins. This wine shows a more broad-shouldered personality than the relatively elegant Croix de Bois but it sure doesn't lack for vivacity.

by JR, Vinous Media , 2017

Wine Advocate 97

At the top end of Chapoutier's Southern Rhone hierarchy are the two selections parcellaires from Chateauneuf du Pape. I had a slight preference for the 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Croix de Bois, which comes from the Bedarrides (eastern) side of the appellation, a site with galets roules over clay, which Chapoutier says resists drought. This is a full-bodied, dense, plummy wine, but it retains ample freshness and offers loads of spicy complexity, including exotic notes like cumin and coriander that linger enticingly on the finish.

by JC, Wine Advocate , 2017

Technical Details

Estate

With roots dating back to 1808, M. CHAPOUTIER is one of the oldest companies in the Rhône Valley. Yet, its world renown and the quality of wine can truly be accredited to the arrival of Michel Chapoutier in 1990. His willingness to change the set way, thirst for knowledge and open-mindedness, together with his drive to seek, discover and reflect the full potential of our terroirs, letting the soils express their true character, has put our wines firmly on the wine world map. This philosophy is what gives our wines their signature style, forms the basis of the M. CHAPOUTIER ethos and drives our team to reveal the very best of what the soils have to offer.