2001 Alain Voge Cornas

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  6/2/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points

  Heritage 2018 Blind Wine Tasting Challenge - Chicago "Regional" (Heritage Gallery - Chicago IL): Double blind. Maturing black fruit, olive tapenade and roasted meat made me think this northern Rhône, with good weight and length, perhaps slightly rustic. This was the only wine for which I was even moderately accurate, even though I thought it an old school Hermitage.

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  6/2/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points

  2018 Heritage Blind Wine Challenge (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Oddly, there seems to be a slight touch of carbonic on the nose of this still, despite its age. Clearly briny and olivey, and somewhat lean, so I set to thinking this was a cooler year. Despite not being too black in terms of the fruit, I went to Cornas because this seemed to be fairly clasically styled, with no oak, and definitely on the more rustic side. I guessed 1991 Michel Geynale. As a postscript, I should have guessed this as Voge -- I was looking for an older average-quality producer and blanked on any names, so I literally just pulled the first Cornas name I could think of that wasn't Verset, Clape, or Allemand.

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  5/7/2011 - Porchino wrote: 92 Points

  had this in paris

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  3/30/2011 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 92 Points

  This is the real thing, the epitome of terroir driven, non fruit forward wine that makes you want to keep sipping. Open the bottle, pour in the glass, and sniff, you get gamey, rustic, outdoors, earthy aromas. Swirl a bit, then here comes the blackberry. On the palate, once again, fruit is not the dominant star, but is hanging there in the background, while some of the black pepper, black licorice, and other spices dance across your tongue. As it opens up on the palate, it is big, and rich, almost fat, but still soft and elegant. The best part is the finish, which with some mature tannins, refined acidity, blackberry fruit, and some earthy terroir, lasts several minutes. more time in the glass releases some red raspberry, and wakes up the acidity for a little more structure.

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