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8 notes

2018

Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas

Northern Rhône · Cornas

This needs a decade minimum to unwind. There are some higher register cherry notes, with salami, violets, and gravely soil barely peeking out, but it's mostly just primary red-purple "fruit" that is…

Reviewed 12 April 2026
2015

Jean-Luc Colombo Cornas Les Terres Brulees

Northern Rhône · Cornas

Decidedly linear and a bit stubborn, this is a 2015 Cornas that is going to need some time to find its groove and decide if and when it feels like expanding and deepening its flavors as some point.…

Reviewed 3 October 2021
2018

Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Vignes

Northern Rhône · Cornas

This Cornas has a long way to go before it finds its ability to girth-up and fan-out its flavors, but it is certainly on the right track. This bottle was followed over a week+ with some Coravin hits…

Reviewed 2 October 2021
2016

Christophe Pichon Cornas Allégorie

Northern Rhône · Cornas

Pours a translucent crimson-purple color. Aromas of mixed berries, roasted game skin, olive brine, and saddle leather. On the palate, youthful high-register hits of cranberry, pomegranate, and…

Reviewed 29 November 2020
2018

Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 60

Northern Rhône · Cornas

Olive brine, black raspberry, and plum are flanked by subtle game and earth notes. Finishes with a strong saline note. This needed a decent amount of air to ultimately perform, but it started to fill…

Reviewed 16 November 2020
2009

Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas

Northern Rhône · Cornas

This was clearly not ready on the initial PnP, with tight, palate-puckering notes of chalky purple and red berry fruit, asphalt, wet hay, and earth.

Reviewed 5 April 2016