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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 33 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by godx on 6/26/2022 & rated 91 points: Drank alongside the 2011. Showing the ripeness of the vintage, but not in a bad/roasted way. Darker fruits compared with the 2011. Drinking very well now but no rush. (439 views) | | | Tasted by pcwoz on 6/27/2021 & rated 92 points: Ruby red in colour with some light purple still in evidence and , showing a little bit of brown. On the nose grilled meat, spice (white pepper) and light smoke. A coolness. This carries over to the palate where there is still a freshness, light tannin grip that softened the longer it was opened. Darker fruits still there, but now starting to sit in the background. Medium to full mouthfeel. Some glycerol legs on the glass, but everything very well integrated. Still some sweet fruit in background. (788 views) | | | Tasted by Majp on 6/19/2021: Gjggh (730 views) | | | Tasted by Achermann on 8/11/2019 & rated 92 points: Grilled beef, black olives, cherries, currants, barnyard, tar, iron. Classic Cornas from young vines. Not as intense as the ‘normal’ Cornas bottling - almost more feminine. Great complexity and lengthy finish - very drinkable. (1190 views) | | | Tasted by tobyc on 8/10/2019: Dark purple, deep and high viscosity.
Pure, med+ intense bouquet. Smoky. Dry, med acid, med+ tannins, alc, body and intensity. Big wine, warm but not boiling, underlying vegetable notes, excellently balanced, long(-) finish. Very, very good.
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My notes: Smoke, black olives, black fruits and berries, slate, tobacco. (871 views) | | | Tasted by LT98 on 12/16/2018 & rated 88 points: Nice but a little unbalanced for me. Perhaps I waited too long the but it needed more acidity to marry with the strong flavors - great Syrah notes - don't get me wrong, but just not a great QPR. (1048 views) | | | Tasted by Nostromo99 on 10/14/2018 flawed bottle: Ever so slightly corked (958 views) | | | Tasted by jtsejersen@gmail.com on 1/13/2018 & rated 95 points: Exactly how I remember the taste of the 2006-vintage. I'm truly amazed by this wine and how they manage to make these wines so fruity without "tipping over" and make them into sweet, marmalade sugarbombs. Poured the wine into a decanter to breath and catch some air. "Checked in on it" every hour and this went on for 6-7 hours until dinnertime! And not for one second did this wine lose it's fruity nose, but as time progressed the new nuances started to pop up. See 2006-review for a nose/taste profile... (82 views) | | | Tasted by alanr on 9/2/2016 & rated 91 points: Enticing dark crushed fruit nose, medium dark garnet not opaque, nice somewhat bright dark red fruit, great mouthwatering acidity, some interesting creosote meatiness, still young but in a good early drinking window. Quintessential Rhone Syrah. (2565 views) | | | Tasted by mcbrown76 on 8/2/2016 & rated 92 points: This Cornas is drinking beautifully right now, the dark lush fruit deserves to be decanted but it opened up very quickly, still drinking youthfully but this is a wonderful time to enjoy this wine. (2285 views) | | | Tasted by pcwoz on 11/28/2015 & rated 91 points: Very fine. Opening up after 1-2 hrs in a decanter. Still a touch young. Lovely and elegant after being open for a while. White pepper. complex notes darker red fruits. Lovely balance and sweetness. (2400 views) | | | Tasted by Jscalia on 9/29/2015 & rated 90 points: Excellent. Typical Cornas. Lush dark fruits. Bright palate. Deep dark colour. Mineral notes on the palate. (2401 views) | | | Tasted by Sotto325 on 9/28/2015 & rated 90 points: Revelatory this was not, but it is perfectly drinkable now with a short decant. Clape is of course one of the masters and this wine is elegant for a Cornas, very smooth for a Cornas, and flavorful. But it does not display enough, for me at least, of the guts of Cornas. Compared with Allemande-- either bottling- the style screams less of Syrah than of a more Merlot feel. The nose is full of briar, forest and dark cherry-- all muted-- and the palate a very nice combination of black cherry, a hint of smoke, and some purplish syrah notes. But not much black pepper. (2502 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 3/26/2014: This was absolutely outstanding. A bouquet that keeps you smelling over and over, filled with savory hints of meat and smoke, fresh minerality of crushed granite, earth and forest floor, damson plum and black raspberry. The palate is unreal. Big flavors, brisk acidity, perfectly integrated tannin. The finish is perfect. This wine is an absolute pleasure to drink. I can't wait to try to full cornas based on this example... (2833 views) | | | Tasted by pcwoz on 8/27/2013 & rated 90 points: drinking nicely. Tannins have softened. Some nice fruit (darker cherry maybe) and some smokey flavours. Getting good development. Some pepper on the nose and palette too. Good acid balance (3039 views) | | | Tasted by Blair Curtis on 5/8/2013 & rated 91 points: Drinking very well now - early for a Clape Cornas, but the vintage allows for it. The nose offers masculine scents of pepper, leather and dark fruits. In the mouth, this is a spicy wine. There is a bloody, gamy thing happening too. Though the wine is clearly serious, the balance is good for drinking it young today...in fact, some described this as "smooth", which is true IMO. Lots of time left for cellaring...I doubt another 10 years would hurt this one. (3060 views) | | | Tasted by Magno on 11/27/2012: Nariz inicial de azeitonas pretas, com ar foi dando espaço a muita amora e mirtilos, bastante bem delineados por acidez e com uma bela base mineral e nada de madeira. Ainda muito jovem e primário, mas já bastante perfumado e fácil de beber. Essas janelas de consumo do CT estão totalmente fora, na minha opinião dá pra guardar por mais 10 anos tranqüilamente. (3720 views) | | | Tasted by pgb67 on 8/8/2012 & rated 89 points: Zins, Syrahs, and Saxums from Spring/Summer 2012: Ungiving on the nose and palate for the first couple of hours, but with air exposure this became quite fragrant (crushed raspberries). Sappy and dense, with peppery black fruit and ripe tannins. More interesting than the Ramey and Copain, but not as zippy and fun as the Australian shirazes in the lineup. (4374 views) | | | Tasted by bullmrkt on 5/10/2012 & rated 90 points: Garnet, suttle nose, smooth medium weight red berry palate with a hint of barnyard, good acidity and a medium finish. Drinking well now and I wouldnt wait much longer. (2899 views) | | | Tasted by ronlite on 10/7/2011 & rated 89 points: very good, perhaps could use more time (3041 views) | | | Tasted by ronlite on 5/21/2011 & rated 90 points: Excellent (2722 views) | | | Tasted by Gizmo2011 on 4/28/2011 & rated 87 points: bit sweet bit tired kicking acidity (2511 views) | | | Tasted by landwein on 11/16/2010 & rated 92 points: Dunkles, dichtes Rubin. Aufregend würzig-konzentrierte Nase mit herrlicher Cassisaromatik, sehr pur und klar, animierend und einladend, Unterholz. Seidig-samtiger Gaumen mit reicher und reifer Fruchtkonzentration, ungemein saftig und mit feinen, reifen Tanninen ausgestattet, generös und lang würzig, reife dunkle Beeren, ein genialer Einstieg in die Welt des Cornas. (2942 views) | | | Tasted by AJ72 on 8/1/2010 & rated 86 points: Had some nice spice pepper profile and looked very young and primary. Nice weight and texture. (2878 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 5/22/2010: Kermit Lynch 2007 Northern Rhones (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Medium dark. Evergreen and sweaty, peppery black fruit. That said, this too has a very inviting texture and medium weight with excellent savory flavors. Strong dose of licorice and tannin at the end. Delicious now, undoubtedly better after another 3-5 years. Not nearly as impenetrable as the regular Clape that was later in the line up. (3378 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Domaine Auguste Clape Producer website
U.S. Importer, actuallySyrah 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. RenaissanceRiservaFrance 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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