A novel nanocomposites prepared from hollow, octahedral cuprous oxide supported palladium nanoparticles (Cu 2 O-PdNPs) through a facile galvanic replacement reaction and carboxylic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs-COOH) was modified on the surface of glassy carbon electrode (Cu 2 O-PdNPs@MWCNTs-COOH/GCE) to fabricate a sensor for electrochemical detection of caffeic acid. The synergistic effect between Cu 2 O-PdNPs and MWCNTs-COOH exhibited remark-able electrocatalytic activity, higher selectivity and higher sensitivity toward caffeic acid. At optimized test conditions, the Cu 2 O-PdNPs@MWCNTs-COOH/GCE nanocomposites sensor revealed wider linear range of 0.006-60 μM with a lower detection limit of 0.002 μM (S/N = 3) for caffeic acid determination. Eventually, the proposed nanocomposites sensor was successfully applied to determine the concentration of caffeic acid in red wine samples.