Description
Red Wine: 2016 | Domaine Auguste Clape | Cornas
This has deep, smoky notes and a quite tarry edge, too. The dark plums and black fruit pastilles are assertive here. Very succulent and long with freshness and composure. This is a very elegant Cornas.
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Producer: Domaine Auguste Clape
Ratings: WA | 96WS | 98
Vintage: 2016
Size: 750ml
ABV: 13%
Varietal: Syrah
Country/Region: France, Rhone
This has deep, smoky notes and a quite tarry edge, too. The dark plums and black fruit pastilles are assertive here. Very succulent and long with freshness and composure. This is a very elegant Cornas.
Reviews:
- Wine Advocate: Marked by hints of tar and black pepper on the nose, Clape’s 2016 Cornas is earthy and savory, loaded with notes of black olives but with enough blueberries and blackberries to satisfy fans of fruit as well. It’s full-bodied, rich and tannic but not tough or hard, with incredible balance.
- Wine Spectator: This is brimming with steeped plum, blackberry and cassis notes, inlaid liberally with licorice root, singed juniper, tar and tobacco accents. A lingering echo of smoldering cast iron emerges on the grippy finish, along with a swath of warm humus details, giving this a dense and chewy feel. The core of fruit is massive, but this requires patience.
Producer Information
Domaine Auguste Clape is a wine estate in the Cornas appellation of the northern Rhône. The domaine is named for its eponymous owner, who is considered among the world’s most highly regarded producers, particularly for his wines made from Syrah. The estate comprises only 8 hectares (20 acres) of old vines on prime parcels of sunny, steeply terraced vineyards on the western banks of the Rhône. The grapes are picked as late as possible for optimum ripeness, which often involves risky gambles with the weather. Individual parcels are fermented in old oval foudres. The Auguste Clape Cornas is one of the most popular wines from the appellation, and serves as the flagship wine. Alongside this, the Cornas Cornas Cuvée Renaissance provides a slightly more approachable expression, and is made from younger vines. Auguste Clape also makes a Côtes du Rhône and the Vin des Amis Vin de France from 100-percent Syrah, as well as tiny amounts of Saint Péray Blanc, from just 0.2ha (0.5 acres) of Marsanne. The estate was founded by Clape’s grandfather, a grower who moved from Languedoc after the grower strikes of 1906-07 and set up in Cornas.
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