1996 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas

Community Tasting Notes (91) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  2/29/2024 - Jamieson12o Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Syrah - Rhone vs SA - Cabotte with the NLWTS (Cabotte): Funny nose; generously tertiary with some sweet redder fruit still showing. Again quite austere on the palate; tennis still present but lovely and integrated. Plenty of fruit and life left, albeit not ‘generous’. Still feels like it could do with a bit of time, amazingly.

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  2/29/2024 - oenanthe Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Syrah at Cabotte with the TWS North London Group (Cabotte, London): Very dark red. Quite earthy and meaty on the nose, and for a wine approaching 30 years old absurdly tight still, as austere as they come. With a bit of swishing it gets going a little, some red fruit peeks out, but so so stern. This is a wine that I have absolutely no idea where it might go, and whether its best years are ahead of it or now a long way behind?

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  2/29/2024 - lozatron Likes this wine:

  Syrah - N Rhone vs SA with the N London Crew; 2/29/2024-3/1/2024 (La Cabotte): Purple colour - still looks young! On the nose - surprisingly intense fruit, raspberry maybe? Would be hard to spot as Cornas but still a lovely wine. It is later revealed that this was served will by being served first - compared to later (and humbler) offerings this seems dilute - like a bourgogne rouge rather than a grand cru.

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  2/23/2024 - Darthmoomoo wrote: 100 Points

  Flawless. So expressive and still fresh

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  8/5/2023 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 92 Points

  1996 Rhone and Burgundy (Bronte): deep colour
  dark berry and tar spice fragrance
  sweet red and dark berries, a strong seam of dark spice, elegant approach followed by good acid and tannins to close, good structure, classic style.

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