March 10, 2024 - Raw and charismatic, with plenty of juicy blackberry fruit and some blood and iron to season the package. Drinking well already, although it's still plenty fresh at this stage.
December 6, 2023 - 这个酒涩劲十足，在N rhone里少见，需要醒3小时以上。我的这瓶有流出的迹象，状态可能有问题。颜色偏红而不是紫。喝起来像light的aglianico。没有Syrah的特征，一点都没有。
November 17, 2023 - Second bottle down and developing very nicely. Drank over two nights with a day in between. Quite full-bodied but by no means over powering., Has a lovely smooth velvety texture with great savoury fruit profile. The spice and pepper notes are there but really well integrated and not overpowering. Lovely wine with its best years ahead.
August 19, 2023 - This benefited from double decanting. Dark, brooding but balanced. Will age well.
June 7, 2023 - Tasting Ground official tasting, Cornas La Geynale, From Uncle to Nephew (Oinoscent): Bottles open 10.15 and tasted 14.00, no decant
The wine is a monster but precise, clean, very youthful, more spice than fruit, clove, black pepper, ripe black fruit, fruit in alcohol (but not hot), elegant in all its strength. With time, the wine turns into black fruit galore plus licorice, elegant but huge, huge but elegant !!
Palate is tight with juicy black fruit framed by oak, great tannic structure, huge density, highly concentrated wine, really youthful, long beautiful finish.
This is for the marathon rather than the long run
June 7, 2023 - The wine is clear, with deep purple colour, ruby towards the rims, and thick legs.
On the nose, the wine is clean, with medium plus primary aroma intensity of ripe red fruits, cherries, black berries, black currant, spices, black pepper, floral, blossom.
On the palate, the wine is dry, with medium plus acidity, medium green tannins, medium plus alcohol, medium body, medium plus primary flavour intensity of ripe red fruits, cherries, plums, strawberries, blackberries, spices, black pepper, and medium tertiary flavour intensity of meat.
Finish is long, with vibrant and fresh acidity across all palate.
The wine is of a very good quality, as it is showing great balance between primary ripe fruit concentration and acidity.
It has great length, intensity and showing complexity due to its multi layers of characteristics.
The wine was youthful at time of tasting, but pleasantly surprising and appealing, however would definitely benefit from further bottle aging, in order to soften the tannins, and bring to the front more of its earthy, tertiary characteristics.
May 13, 2023 - PnP so this should be interesting as I am guessing it will need loads of time to open up. Color is deep ruby/purple. On the nose: Massive pepper, blood, sour funk, violets and cassis. Nose is excellent. On the palate: Cassis, pepper and spices, blood, black olive, violets and tart pomegranate. I think this is very good and because PnP I am underscoring. I will give the next bottle at least 3 hours. This is an elegant Cornas. This is my first bottle of a case so I think it can stand a few more years of age. This wine is worth seeking out.
February 26, 2023 - Medium bodied, traditional styling with modern elements, high quality real cork.
Needs around two full days of air to open up at all. Until then it's a tannic mess and doesn't offer any Cornas terroir. After that it's fantastic: granitic iron, conifer, purple and wild blue and black berries, anise, blood. This vintage reminds me a bit of Gilles' style of Cornas.
Wait, or give 48+ air. Drank over 5 days and days 3-5 were all solid with the 5th introducing slight black banana. One concern with long term cellaring is this gorgeous fruit may dissipate prior to its incredibly dense tannic backbone. 93-94
September 14, 2022 - rustic with drying tannins on day one---put into wine fridge and on day four this was great--iron, deep dark fruit, real gravitas---did i say iron? the (somewhat chalky) tannins are there but now in the background and the entire effort is silkier; i love this, but you need food to stand up to it; hold em if you got em
November 1, 2021 - Meaty smell on the nose, with spicy black raspberry and some sort of fragrant wood. A strong iron streak that just really makes it stand out. In the mouth - explosive!! Ripe, wild fruit, again the iron minerality. Very tannic. Drying, rough tannins that calmed down 3 hours in but are still prominent. If my last bottles survive long enough, I think the tannin will calm and allow bright red fruit in mid-palate and on the finish.