2015 Domaine Auguste Clape Côtes du Rhône

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  10/14/2023 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Minor deposit on decanting Dark red.
  Opened quite muted and acid. Gradually breathed up to show restrained dark fruits of the area. Still muted compared with the 2019 bottle. A little disappointing. Let’s see what tomorrow brings, if some survives dinner.

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  7/28/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points

  Third bottle from a full case purchased from the Dutch importer in 2016. Pristine condition, not decanted, opened three hours in advance. Quite a surprise after the reticent bottle in June of this year. Aromatically this bottle is open and attractive, fresh and energetic but rounded and supple, with light but grippy tannins, lovely balance and weight (13% ABV), flavours of black pepper and flowers, peaches and raspberries, hint of cream, very good resonance and length.

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  6/17/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points

  Second bottle from a full case purchased from the Dutch importer in 2016. Pristine condition, decanted for three hours. In January 2021 this was still very tight and closed, but by now the nose has opened up a bit and the palate has relaxed slightly. The style remains really cool and energetic however for such a warm vintage, and the fruit is ripe but clearly in the tarter, redder part of the spectrum with some cherry stones. Aromatic complexity on the nose is still a thing of the future, and the tannins are finely grained but very grippy, and the finish is still tight and dry. I do not detect any meaningful tertiary evolution yet - which is slightly unusual at this stage. Not sure where this is going, when will it blossom?

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  5/3/2023 - yorkch Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Absolutely spot on. Better on Day 2 (decanted into a half bottle)

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  4/7/2023 - Thomas123 wrote: 92 Points

  All the iron/blood and black olives you could ask for. Top class and very classic cornas. Love it

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