Community Tasting Note
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pipetree wrote:
April 8, 2017 - 2012 Cornas: semi-lucent ruby with a medium smooth transition and a pinky rim and a garnet tint. Pungent woodiness with medium stewed strawberry jam and a hint of juniper, eucalyptus and dust and lesser caramel, juniper and dried boxwood with dried wood and latte on the palate and eucalyptus and cheese with a hint of vanilla in m+ length the heated leafy finish. Medium+ acidity, medium+ alcohol(13.5) dry, m- fine-grain ripe tannin, medium body. A hint of Mulberry on the nose at higher temperature. Good balance, good length, good intensity, good complexity, outstanding. A very slight hint of violet at 22 degree plus. 88, very well made but tired. Medium body, thus maybe a shorter fermentation using trained yeast.
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7 Comments
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pipetree commented:
4/9/17, 12:31 AM - The dominating warming alcohol and dry palate links to a warmer site or over sunshine exposure. However as there is no trace of sugar oxidation, it leads to a cooler site, likely between latitude of 40-50. Thus it must be very sunny, with direct sun explosure, but cool. Therefore it is a site of altitude or affected by cool current to balance the sunshine. Therefore, might be a Southern Chile or Northen Europe wine region. High acidity links to earlier harvest, considering the high sun explosure, therefore medium- fine tannin at early harvest means a thin skin variety. Therefore, maybe Pinot Noir, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Franc. Considering the acidity and alcohol balance and cooler site, it is not Grenache. The grape at early harvest, the leafy flavor is very complex but without bell pepper nose, thus it is not Cab Franc. Considering Syrah and Pinot, an Europe region where can build a 13.5+ alcohol level but weaker ripeness, it is about southern to Burgendy. With the mulberry nose appeared once, it can second the idea of Syrah. Thus, Northen Rhone or Southern Chilean Site close to the Andes.
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pipetree commented:
4/9/17, 3:27 AM - Day 2, Strawberry Jam disappeared, but much more dark sour cherries on the palate. Firm sandy tannin, and a very slight hint of prune, remaindering some good Chateauneuf-du-Pape, such as 2011 Beaucastel. However, the aging potential is somehow a gambling.
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pipetree commented:
4/9/17, 6:58 AM - Actually wild yeast used.
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Gargantua commented:
4/9/17, 7:22 AM - Interesting examining what looks like your blind tasting decision tree. Surprised a purple hue didn't give away Northern Rhone Syrah earlier. Blind tasting is a bitch.
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pipetree commented:
4/9/17, 7:48 AM - Well, this bottle may be not well preserved, so, no purple tint appeared. Anyway, really a headache to guess but very educational. Actually the tannin got more powerful on the second day...a lot to learn...
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Gargantua commented:
4/9/17, 7:54 AM - At the Cornas tasting in France a few years ago, I found these Cornas are quite unorthodox, in addition to being quite feral, rustic; I can see how they'd be a rollercoaster ride blind. If ever you have a visual decision tree/graph for this blind tasting process that's already elaborated, I'd love to see it. Although I understand that'd be a tough chart to flesh out in a visually digestible / sensible format.
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pipetree commented:
4/9/17, 4:57 PM - Yes, rustic. My sequence is likely to be region, timing of harvest and then the variety, although wine making and aging are also to consider. But it is somehow risky, as there is the sequence. Maybe shall set the sequence before every reasoning. Maybe the safer way is to get all the possibilities by the factors and then get an intersection. Anyway, my wife told me it is a French wine immediately...Not using a chart yet, but maybe later, need to get more fragments to say whole picture.