2019 Domaine Auguste Clape St. Péray

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.4 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Sotto325's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/17/2024 - Sotto325 wrote: 89 Points

  I had not known until last month in Brussels that Clape made a white wine. It was a fascinating Take on Northern Rhone white wine, and that distinct mineral flavors and elegant hand were quite impressive. I bought a bottle here and it looks like the voyage robbed this wine of both its distinct tastes and its elegance. The wine tasted very generic without any distinction. It veered more toward an unsubtle white St Joseph rather than an Ermitage with a hint of.Cuilleron. I would pass.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Rote Kappelle's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/12/2023 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I find this wine to be intriguing - in the best sense of the word. I love Marsanne and Roussanne, so this is all to the good and Clape is one of my favourite makers, so more in the plus column before the cork is yanked out.
  
  From a warm vintage the colour (white gold, or even just gold) tells you to expect a mouthful of flavour and it doesn't let you down.
  
  The nose does not give me a lot of honeysuckle, but it does give me floral notes, along with something approaching pineapple, almost a kind of fermenting pineapple, definite tropical fruits, baking pastry smells; in the mouth it is almost low acid (but don't misunderstand this - it finishes clean and fresh), there is some flintiness and a very long finish with excellent intensity.
  
  This wine screams for time in the cellar but, by Jove, it appeals now as well.
  
  The longer you give it to open up the more it will respond - at first, I was wondering if this wasn't a vinous equivalent of Lana del Rey; superficially deep, yet enjoyable for its joy in being superficial (I am thinking the splendid 'Mariner's Apartment Complex'). Some hours later I am know that there is that aspect, but it seems to sit so well with Leonard Cohen that I think we have to accept it is a very serious wine indeed, yet with dark humour - "If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame..."

  3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View asgerG's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/2/2023 - asgerG wrote: 92 Points

  PnP. Metallic yellow. Mellow yellow fruits, interesting.
  Harmonious palate, lA, m+B, dry, mellow, bitterness that makes up for the low acidity. Long finish. Drink now-onwards.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Goodwine4ever's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/4/2023 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 90 Points

  Ca sent le jus de pomme Oasis ! Un vin typique de sa région, c'est chaud, l'alcool est perceptible, Acidité basse, fruits mures a chaire blanche, floral possédant une légère amertume et impression de tannins. Un vin intéressant qui manque cependant d'équilibre. Honnêtement c'est vraiment pas mon style et j'ai de la misère à boire ce genre de blanc.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Xavier Auerbach's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/10/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points

  A blend of 80% Marsanne and 20% Roussanne, one hectare on clay and granite soils, 100% whole-bunch, full malo, aged for 11 months in foudres (2/3) and concrete vats (1/3), unfiltered. Wonderful complexity on the nose (lime, orange zest, ripe melon, spicy minerality), complete, lovely depth; the palate is ripe and rounded but dry, richly textured and savoury, precise and harmonious; the finish is a bit warm but has lovely floral lift, resonance and length are very good. A very successful vintage for this wine.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

View all 14 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.