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• Sasha the Bear Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 5, 2024 - Tannins are about as integrated as one can ask for. After twenty minutes it’s perfection. Light smoke on leather and tobacco. Medium body. Ripe red fruit on the tongue but a savory middle. The finish is cherry and long.

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• Dexi wrote: 94 points

  March 29, 2024 - Gorgeous. Fruit, florals and meaty charcuterie-esque notes perfectly melded together.
  Only 1 bottle so can't make a considered comparison, but feels like it's at sitting in peak at the moment. Can't see it improving much more, but reckon it's still got a few years to go before dropping off

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• ccn wrote: 91 points

  December 29, 2023 - This has improved significantly since my last bottle. Nice the first night but possible still a bit nervous/ edgy -- but boy was it singing on day two. Feels at or near peak.

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• Motz wrote: 94 points

  November 8, 2023 - Slow-o for a few hours. Tasted alongside the 2009 Gruaud Larose and Langoa Barton. Paired with braised short ribs, polenta, sauteed mushrooms, and vegetables.
  
  The best wine on the table and the best pairing with the full meal. Rustic and savory, backed by coal and smoke notes. Powerfully, albeit deceptively, structured. The wine strengthened from front to back and finished quite long.
  
  This seems to be toward the end of its evolution, or just entering its drinking window. Certainly worth checking in on, particularly after a 2+ hour decant. Likely to hold form through 2032 or so.

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• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 points

  July 27, 2022 - Third bottle from a half case purchased from the Dutch importer in 2016. Decanted 30 minutes in advance. Despite the young(ish) vines and the lighter year, this displays good intensity and drive, but the fruit concentration is limited. On the nose the flavours and aromas (green and black olives, violets and roses, crushed red berries), are convincing and there is cedary warmth from older wood; medium body (13% ABV) and bright acidity on the energetic and well-defined palate, firm but well integrated tannins; tight and salty finish with good resonance and length. Exemplary terroir expression but not one for the long term - eventually this will dry out, as the structural elements will easily outlast the (modest) fruit. Drink now - 2026.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Auguste Clape
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Renaissance
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Rhône
• SubRegion Northern Rhône
• Appellation Cornas

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• Pending Delivery 4 (1%)
• In Cellars 377 (57%)
• Consumed 277 (42%)

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