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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 32 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by lozatron on 6/4/2023: Gareth's N Rhone vs SA Syrah; 6/3/2023-6/4/2023 (La Cabotte): Popped and poured as backup to a corked wine. Nose - started off aggressive and funky but soon shook it off. On the palate - somewhat screeching intensity that I found bracing but I understand others do not. I really enjoyed this. (949 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 6/1/2023 & rated 93 points: Syrah Battle: Northern Rhone vs South Africa (Cabotte): Opened as a back-up, and initial impressions were mixed, this wine being on the funky side (and a total contrast to the sleek Mullineux it was paired with). That said, this wine ended up also showing very well once it had settled down, the funk becoming smoky and more seductive, and the high-acid palate becoming juicy and full and developing a tempting flavour of red boiled sweets. Due to the acidity and red fruit this wine was superb with the duck and beetroot dish, too. (1103 views) | | | Tasted by Redwineobsessed on 3/27/2021 & rated 80 points: The nose was big. Meaty with rocks, dark fruit and a little flower. Tasting it, we had mixed views. Sour dark cherry tart and felt big despite its 13%. It seemed to collapse in the decanter despite making us think it needed 6 hrs. It was an overwhelming disappointment. The 2010 showing so much better. I cant see the wine improving and i would drink after a short decant. The tart sour line dominated and it was not giving me that Cornas structure or flavour. Poor. (1805 views) | | | Tasted by red.red.vino on 3/27/2021: Still young looking for 14 years, ruby with a purple tinge to it, no real bricking around the hue. Powerful, concentrated black and blue fruit driven nose upon opening. Heavily over extracted and raised though, huge wine for 13%, very deceiving. Fruit starts to fade after 3 hrs in the decanter, losing any charm it once may of had. No longer my style, drink up before the fruit fades. (1868 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 10/29/2020 & rated 80 points: Unfortunately I'm throwing in the towel on this one. 3rd bottle over 7 or 8 years, just too acidic/tart. Not my style. (1884 views) | | | Tasted by pbaek on 8/16/2020: This opens up promising with notes of dark olives, iodine, beef broth. It has a wild, animal side, something I often associate with Cornas. Exciting! With air though, the acidity become more pronounced, there are green notes popping up. This is very lean as well. Not sure about this. Maybe JLL is right about this starting to decline already after a few years. Luckily, I only have 29 bottles left. (1684 views) | | | Tasted by Capt Cutlass on 4/10/2019 & rated 84 points: I was hoping in vain that time would have mellowed the acids but no it is still as tart as can be! A good dose of brett added to the acids makes this a challenging wine for me to appreciate. Maybe it needs another decade to mellow out.... (2181 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 10/28/2018: Cornas Birthday lunch (McLeay Street Bistro, Potts Point): "jubey, slightly sour smelling fruit, leather, stalks bonfire. Sourly juicy, grippy, gritty tannins. Hmm
After 2 hours green and black peppercorns, earth, leather, quite confected brambly fruit. Green and black peppercorns, jubey fruit though savoury on the palate. Lovely." (2083 views) | | | Tasted by CBRwineguy on 10/28/2018: Cornas lunch (Macleay Street Bistro, Potts Point): The appearance is clear and deep ruby in colour. Tears and sediment are visible.
The nose is clean. The aromas have a medium intensity and show notes of bottle-age (meaty character), black fruit (black plum, black cherry), and mineral (earthy character). The wine is developing.
On the palate, the wine is dry with medium acidity, medium alcohol, and medium body. The medium level tannins are ripe and velvety in nature. The flavours have a medium intensity and show notes of black fruit (black cherry, black plum), oak (wood), and mineral (earthy character). The finish has a medium(+) length, showing additional notes of dried fruit (raisin) and a vegetal character (black olive).
This is a very good quality wine. The flavours are concentrated and have a great balance with the acidity and the alcohol. The tannins have a great balance with the acidity. The oak treatment is well-integrated, with the wood note complementing the meaty and earthy characters. In its current state, the wine shows primary, secondary, and tertiary characters. The finish has great length, with additional flavours showing that did not appear on the nose or palate.
The wine drinks well now, but has potential for further ageing. The fruit intensity is great, and the tannin and acid structure should support the wine as tertiary notes continue to develop. (1718 views) | | | Tasted by rottcodd on 5/1/2018 & rated 91 points: Needed an hour or two to breathe before drinking at its best. (1914 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 4/16/2018: Coravin fun - Cornas and Leeuwin Estate (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Pretty berry & cherry, slightly dusty spice with peppery undertones. A little leather and earth. Juicy tending to sourness on the palate over that pretty fruit, some spice and silky tannins. (2097 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 3/24/2017 & rated 92 points: Weekend in the UP; 3/24/2017-3/25/2017 (Iron Mountain, Michigan): Nose: The nose is wide open after two hours with a classic backdrop of black cherries, animale, rawhide leather, black pepper, black raspberry, earth, and tobacco tones.
Taste: Full bodied with medium/high acidity and medium/high tannins. The tannins are silky and fine grained with black cherries, Violets, black pepper, tobacco note, and animale tones.
Overall: This needed two hours to open, but, it's absolutely gorgeous now. Quite frankly, I don't see much reason to age it further, but, that's not to say it won't last for a long time. (2616 views) | | | Tasted by Hazeo on 1/18/2017 & rated 87 points: Didn't like this as much, compared with 5 years ago. It still has lots of smoked meat and savory flavours, but the fruit was lacking and the finish has too much green pepperness to it. Otherwise it was quite smooth and elegant. (2272 views) | | | Tasted by geeky? not sure on 4/15/2016: I had heard this could be a bretty mess, but didn't any brett. Rather, a rubbery/meaty/reduction aftertaste thing (kind of like synthetic bresaola) that I sometimes get with "natural" wines.
Ahead of this funk was nice fruit and a good earth component, but not enough to save it. (2944 views) | | | Tasted by nsellen on 10/17/2015: Bloody fantastic nose. Body can't back it up though. Unbalanced and too edgy to eulogise. (2600 views) | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 10/9/2015 & rated 93 points: Really intoxicating nose of game, iron, rocks, herb and deep dark berries, palate is quite smooth overall, while the tannins makes themselves known towards the finish it's harmonious from the fruit on the attack to the lingering smoked meaty finish (2664 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 5/2/2015 & rated 92 points: Pacquiao vs. Mayweather Blind Tasting $60+ (Roswell, GA): Mine; deep dull purple, opaque core, lots of cloudiness- not very attractive; nose is unmistakably N. Rhone, smoked meat, plum, berry, violets, lots of purple, leather, olive and strong black pepper; an elegance to the layered palate, an old-school feel, tannins and structure were in check though not absent; I feel this is starting to drink really well; everyone thought this was Cote Rotie. (2965 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 4/27/2015 & rated 91 points: Weekly tasting group #165; Rhône (@ RW): In the bouquet minerals, chocolate, bacon, black olives and herbs and spices. On the palate a lot of minerals as well, firm acidity and sticky tannin. Clearly Northern Rhone Syrah and special. Very early maturity now. Will improve with some more ageing. Around 2019? 90 – 92 for now. (2795 views) | | | Tasted by Jimskiw on 1/24/2015 & rated 92 points: Perfect wine for Burns night haggis (2293 views) | | | Tasted by ashegedyn on 1/19/2015: Nose very nice graphite, lavendar, and olives. On taste still very primary but well balanced with good smokey fruit and a nice long finish. (2002 views) | | | Tasted by yenda on 12/27/2014 & rated 93 points: plenty of garrique, nice wine, drink really well (2251 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 7/23/2014: Can't rate this, as it was too controversial. Some in the group thought this was outstanding, others thought the bottle was corked. Wonderful flavors, complexity; but to me it takes the front "bite" of Cornas a bit over the edge, almost to a sourness. I think this needs to be paired with big food, definitely not a wallflower. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 5/23/2013 & rated 93 points: One of the most unique noses I have had on a cornas! meat, perfume, black cherry and herbal undertones. On the palate the meaty characteristic denominated with some mild dark fruit and rocks. Smoky meat finished that lasts quite bait tannins still have quite a grip will love to see this develop further (2750 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 11/14/2012 & rated 88 points: I'm still new to Cornas, but this was not to my taste. Very acidic on first opening, with a strong finish that actually started to turn on the palette as the night wore on. I'm hoping either this was an off bottle or thar will mellow over time. But the 09 was far more pleasing (while still complex). (3026 views) | | | Tasted by don_quichotte on 2/15/2012 & rated 92 points: Right after opening, this wine is very full bodied but maintains an almost aristocratic elegance, made of pepper, ripe tannins and smoke and sandalwood. After some time in the glass, the acidity and tannins become much more prominent, hinting at a long life and lots of further potential. Very peculiar aftertaste that i can't quite describe. "Smokey"?
Not for the faint hearted, big but still infinitely more classy than most OZ shiraz. If you've got a bunch, open one now and taste for your self then forget about the rest for a while (3518 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Domaine Vincent Paris
Vincent Paris, whose first vintage was 1997, is as shy as his wines are bold. In his early 30's, he has retro sideburns, but not much else in the Cornas appellation's new star is "retro". Vincent's uncle is Robert Michel, one of Cornas' finest growers. He made his two first wines with his uncle then, seeking autonomy, rented facilities for the vinification of his most recent wines. He is in the process of building his own winemaking facilities with a courtyard that holds his apricot plantation.
Vincent Paris, co-president of the appellation of Cornas with Jacques Lemencier, owns 6 hectares of vineyards and produces about 2,500cs per year of which 1,600cs are Cornas. He inherited most of his own vines from his grandfather (some of which are 90 years old) and has also rented some vines from his uncle. Vincent's total rented and owned holdings amount to 8 hectares. They are located at different places primarily along the southeast facing Cornas slope and a small lot in St. Joseph.
He prunes to only four bunches of grapes per vine (the norm is between five and seven) which concentrates the vines' growing power and cuts down on the need for green harvests. He ferments at relatively low temperatures and matures his wine in oak barrels for up to 12 months.
Four years ago he planted Viognier and Roussanne in AOC Cornas, on north-facing slopes he considers better suited for white than reds, despite the fact that in so doing he must sell the wine as Côtes du Rhône since there is no AC Cornas for white. The cuvée is 2/3 viognier and 1/3 Roussanne. 20% of the cuvée is vinified in new barrels, the rest in tank.
The Cornas Granit 30 and 60 designations refer to the soil, the approximate age of the vines, and the slope on which they are planted. The Granit 30 is concentrated black fruit in a relatively “consumer friendly”style – perhaps a bit more Syrah-ish than Cornas-ish, whereas the 60 is classic Cornas – dense, aromas of kidney and iron, with a terrific mineral underpinning. His St Joseph red is made from 10 and 20 year old vines, and is vinfied 2/3 in barrel and 1/3 in tank. He ferments at relatively low temperatures and matures his wine in oak barrels for up to 12 months. Vincent's wines are not yet widely discovered, but can already be found on the wine lists of several three star Michelin restaurantsSyrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. La Geynale On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMESCornasThe single vinyards on weinlagen-info
"The “hallmark” of the Cornas winegrowing area is its specific shape in the form of a natural amphitheatre, with its extremely steep slopes." - AOC-Cornas |
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