2018 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  2/8/2024 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points

  Samples from Bill #13: Olives, violets, boysenberry, cocoa and warm peppery spices on the nose. Palate is plush but maintains a savoury, spicy edge to it. Very good length and depth here, it has a large fruit profile but finds excellent balance. A winner.

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  12/3/2023 - jlhkiss Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted 3 hours ahead of broiled sirloin and baked potatoes. Dark, purple-crimson color. Floral nose with deep violets, roses, white pepper, and beef stock. The palate is medium, dense, and textured, bringing a hard core of black/blue fruit mixed with high-toned red fruit, leather, tobacco, olives, charcoal, and crushed gravel into a tannic finish. Better with food. Will be best 2026-2036. Technical score: 92. Enjoyment score: 92.

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  9/7/2023 - EvoPeteMTL Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted for 5 hours. Brooding purple color. Lovely dark fruits on the nose, violets, olives. The mouth is surprisingly balanced and fruit-forward, but at the same time quite restrained. This was part of a 9 vintages of Clape tasting, and the other bottles showed that this 2018 will need more time.

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  9/6/2023 - d'Artagnan wrote: 94 Points

  Dégustation verticale du Cornas du domaine Clape (Restaurant Les Mômes): 2018- nez d’encre et fruits noirs
  Bouche juteuse, grasse qui cache les tanins ronds. Puissant, mais étonnamment abordable, avec une belle concentration et un équilibre impeccable. Tout un début! 93-94+

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  8/29/2023 - Raizes Likes this wine: 92 Points

  开瓶以浓郁的黑莓和皮革为主，并逐渐出现加入樱桃、甘草、紫罗兰和培根气息。均衡、紧实、挺拔，早期为集中且纯净利落的表达，随着演化出更多罗勒、迷迭香、橄榄的地中海风味，还有标志性的胡椒和石墨气息，风格逐渐回归古朴之道。富有变化性的同时，展现出上佳的陈年潜质。92-93

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