2013 Domaine Courbis Cornas La Sabarotte

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/12/2023 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Double blind tasting
  Dense ruby/garnet with minimal rim clearing
  Medium plus aromas of sweet ripe red/ blue berries and plum with dark floral/ dried herbs and black pepper notes
  Medium bodied with palate of red fruit - no real secondaries noted
  Medium plus acidity with medium plus rather coarse tannins felt primarily on the tongue - medium plus alcohol
  The sweetish fruit here took me to southern Rhone - I feel like I can pick up Syrah the majority of the time but this lacked a lot of the savory/ meaty/ olive notes
  Drinking well now but time may help this wine achieve some well needed complexity

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  1/9/2023 - S.Wayne wrote: 90 Points

  Dark garnet with black core. Sediment
  Aromatics medium +. Black and blue plum, ripe. Savory dry notes that could be olives. Green peppercorns. No new oak.
  Palate has medium body. Acid medium +. Tannins medium +, medium grained on the tongue. Alcohol medium. Red and black plum. No secondary
  Finish has medium + length. Balanced
  Dry glass notes of coffee, olives and other savory.
  Didn't hit all the boxes for me as a northern Rhone Syrah. No smoke or meat, but still had a deep dark brooding feel.
  Drink now or continue to hold.

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  2/6/2021 - hoya_saxa Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Deep garnet/purple and an expressive bouquet of spice, anise, licorice, peppercorn. Precise and layered through the mid-palate and a finish that lingers soothingly. Definitely a winner among the 2013s.

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