Lovely mature Cornas. Who wrote the daft drinking window for this wine - pah :-) Not grand, not super Cornas, but very enjoyable. To me, slightly reminiscent of previous-generation Jaboulet. Drink up, but drinking well Lovely and - in a word - savoury. Good wine!
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Clear, dark, tawny red, quite a heavy deposit. Clean nose, dark fruits, smoke, pepper, black olive. Full palate, very smooth, well integrated. Medium to long finish. Drinking beautifully. It's unlikely to improve further but I don't think there is any hurry to drink up.
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Badly corked, undrinkable. I suspected the previous bottle I had of this to be affected by a cork fault (bought at the same time, same place.) Maybe these bottles were badly stored at some point before they came to me, maybe there was a poor cork batch at Jaboulet at this time - or maybe I was just unlucky. In lieu of this, I opened a 2000 instead, which was excellent.
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Dark tawny, some ruby in the middle remaining: but it suggests age. Not much nose. A flash of black olive on the palate, otherwise...not much. Either going through a dormant stage, or else some cork fault has sooked the life out of it.
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I was half expecting an austere, lean wine based on previous reviews. Big surprise! Not the young purple colour but a bit more brick like. Peppery nose with dark fruits. Felt very open, fruity. Must have awoken from its sleep? Good length. All in all a nice Cornas just short of excellent.
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6/9/2023 - GuidoD Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely mature Cornas. Who wrote the daft drinking window for this wine - pah :-) Not grand, not super Cornas, but very enjoyable. To me, slightly reminiscent of previous-generation Jaboulet. Drink up, but drinking well Lovely and - in a word - savoury. Good wine!
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12/23/2012 - Chiquard wrote: 85 Points
Incroyablement jeune. Du mal à retrouver l'ampleur et la structure caractéristique des Cornas. Manque d'ampleur mais très soyeux au palais.
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12/23/2012 - Andrewbdc wrote: 88 Points
Clear, dark, tawny red, quite a heavy deposit. Clean nose, dark fruits, smoke, pepper, black olive. Full palate, very smooth, well integrated. Medium to long finish. Drinking beautifully. It's unlikely to improve further but I don't think there is any hurry to drink up.
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7/30/2011 - Duncan wrote: flawed
Badly corked, undrinkable. I suspected the previous bottle I had of this to be affected by a cork fault (bought at the same time, same place.) Maybe these bottles were badly stored at some point before they came to me, maybe there was a poor cork batch at Jaboulet at this time - or maybe I was just unlucky. In lieu of this, I opened a 2000 instead, which was excellent.
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8/4/2010 - Fur in the glass wrote:
ripe almost stewed plum-like smell. Maybe some smoke/pepper at the begining that went into astringent fruit and a strangely acidic finish. Nice.
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2/5/2009 - Duncan wrote: 84 Points
Dark tawny, some ruby in the middle remaining: but it suggests age. Not much nose. A flash of black olive on the palate, otherwise...not much. Either going through a dormant stage, or else some cork fault has sooked the life out of it.
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9/26/2008 - pulver wrote: 85 Points
mature, ripe fruits, cassis. caramel and pepper on the nose. drink now.
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9/15/2006 - Northern wrote: 89 Points
I was half expecting an austere, lean wine based on previous reviews. Big surprise! Not the young purple colour but a bit more brick like. Peppery nose with dark fruits. Felt very open, fruity. Must have awoken from its sleep? Good length. All in all a nice Cornas just short of excellent.
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5/10/2006 - magnord wrote: 85 Points
Good, but a bit of a disappointment considering the price.
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