2019 Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas La Geynale
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Friday, January 27, 2023 - It's a deep and correct syrah. But there is an even more interesting dynamic happening for those who care to dig deeper.
At first sniff or taste, you say "classic Northern Rhone". But then, for instance, on the nose, when I get right-hard in the glass and really sniff, I get this medicinal red fruit that reminds me more of a northern Italian red. It's not ragged or overly acidic, but it gives a hint of why critics have used the descriptor "rustic" with Cornas.
The palate is polished black fruit -- initially. Then it sticks to your tongue in that tannic way of a more laissez-faire provincial high alcohol Euro wine.
I can't say for sure, but my guess is that the winemaking is acting as a respectable bridge between the old ways and the new ways.
This effect is tremendously pleasing.
I'm not trying to say this is an early drinking wine. I am in many ways a masochist and a serial infanticider.
But no one will feel sad they have this in their cellar.
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