2009 Delas Frères Cornas Chante-Perdrix

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  7/13/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:

  Colour - garnet. No bricking. On the nose - a hint of earth, some black fruits perhaps. On the palate - a bit tame for a cornas - the acidity is there but there's no goosebumps. A meatiness - and interestingly a real hint of violets. Nice stuff for a midweek dinner. Enjoyed with the bargain meat plate at Blacklock.

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  2/22/2020 - bergkamp10 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Violets, smoked meat with hints of bacon fat. Medium bodied with quite refined texture. On the palate, blackcurrant with a hint of higher toned red fruit, asian tea with mineral streak along with well resolved tannins and decent acidity. Slightly rustic notes on a short finish are a bit of a let down. Not bad, but this does to seem to lack the complexity and weight associated with the better northern rhone syrahs.

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  12/7/2019 - MattB72 wrote: 89 Points

  Similar Notes as few yrs ago. Good wine but nothing special. Kind of flat and never really came to life even the second day.

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  11/17/2019 - rama Likes this wine:

  Black tea on the nose, black fruit with a touch of spice on the palate. Medium bodied, medium acid with a lovely saline finish.
  
  Despite a decanting, this took hours to open up. Enjoyable now with a decant and time, though no rush at all to open these.

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  3/8/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Friday Tasting Group; Unthemed (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): 100% Syrah from S/SE facing slopes "of varied soils, with odd alluvium deposits, on steep, shale slopes that are held up by dry stone walls." Typically, "The winemaking takes place in traditional, open-topped concrete tanks, after 3 days pre-fermentary skin contact at cool temps. The fermentation continues under computer controlled temps between 82°F-86°F. Daily cap pushing down & pumping over are carried out for about 10 days. The total vatting time can be up to 20 days. Aging lasts for 12-14 mos in oak barrels with regular racking."
  
  N: Closed, but ripe berries with earth?
  
  P: LM body; RNDISH entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt firmed by astringent pucker which pretty much resolves by the LONG, balanced finish with aspect of tanginess, swtness, & bitterness to the dusty tannins. For now & easily making its 15th, though another 12 mos or so MIGHT improve it. 13.5% ABV; My EXC-/EXC. 94 pts RJonWine, 93+ WA, 90-92 Galloni, 90 Tanzer (Raynolds), 17/20 Bettane et Desseauve, 15/20 Gault & Millau, & 4/5* drinkrhone.com . [As of mid Mar '19, wine-searcher still shows 2 vendors @ $36 & $59.]

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