From magnum. Leftovers from a bottle opened the night before.
A pretty classic nose with rare meat, black olive, violets, dark fruits, and tar. Mid weighted and savory more than fruit driven on the palate. It's a very well balanced and honest syrah. It's a little rough around the edges, but this is 1990s era Cornas and I kind of dig it. 93
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Dinner at Noble Rot Soho (Noble Rot, Soho, London): so much olive and bacon fat on the nose. Beautiful red fruit, a small bit of acid, a little funk on the finish that blows off in 10 minutes. Not the best bottle of aged Cornas, but fun to try.
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Nose of leather, dried cherry, prune, black pepper Palate is a little bit thin and acidic though the aromas are there but in the background. Maybe this bottle has been tapped a little too much.
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In great shape for supposedly an off vintage. Tannins are mostly resolved, but the olive notes on the nose and the olive tapenade on the palate are massive. This is a rustic wine in the best way, drinking very well right now.
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Dinner at Pizzeria Bebu (Chicago, IL): By far the best bottle of this wine I've had (and three from the same lot). The nose on this is pure olive brine, with some of that wild feral quality that makes Cornas Cornas. The palate is light and delicate, but not simple. A very large component of the flavour profile here is smoky and briny, but there's an undercurrent of black fruit still. Fully resolved and at the tail end of the peak.
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2/3/2023 - cct wrote: 93 Points
Lunch at Marta, NYC
From magnum. Leftovers from a bottle opened the night before.
A pretty classic nose with rare meat, black olive, violets, dark fruits, and tar. Mid weighted and savory more than fruit driven on the palate. It's a very well balanced and honest syrah. It's a little rough around the edges, but this is 1990s era Cornas and I kind of dig it. 93
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9/29/2022 - adnorthup wrote:
Dinner at Noble Rot Soho (Noble Rot, Soho, London): so much olive and bacon fat on the nose. Beautiful red fruit, a small bit of acid, a little funk on the finish that blows off in 10 minutes. Not the best bottle of aged Cornas, but fun to try.
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4/12/2022 - Radders12345 wrote:
BTG at Noble Rot - Lambs Conduit Street
Nose of leather, dried cherry, prune, black pepper
Palate is a little bit thin and acidic though the aromas are there but in the background. Maybe this bottle has been tapped a little too much.
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2/16/2020 - Nicephoras wrote:
In great shape for supposedly an off vintage. Tannins are mostly resolved, but the olive notes on the nose and the olive tapenade on the palate are massive. This is a rustic wine in the best way, drinking very well right now.
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10/17/2019 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Dinner at Pizzeria Bebu (Chicago, IL): By far the best bottle of this wine I've had (and three from the same lot). The nose on this is pure olive brine, with some of that wild feral quality that makes Cornas Cornas. The palate is light and delicate, but not simple. A very large component of the flavour profile here is smoky and briny, but there's an undercurrent of black fruit still. Fully resolved and at the tail end of the peak.
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