Auguste Clape - Cornas 2015 (1.5L)

 
WA
97
JD
100
V
96

Price: $446.00

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Producer Auguste Clape
Country France
Region Rhone
Varietal Syrah
Vintage 2015
Sku 7662
Size 1.5L

Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points

The grand vin of the estate is the 2015 Cornas, and it's even more inky colored than the Renaissance, with a saturated purple/bluish color. It offers a truly profound bouquet of black cherries, melted asphalt, ground pepper, exotic flowers and graphite, as well as the classic iodine/bloodiness I always find in this cuvée. Full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, and seamless, with sweet tannin and a stacked mid-palate, it has an almost Hermitage-like liquid rock character, shocking elegance and purity, and a huge finish. This is Cornas at its finest – hats off to the Clape family! It's relatively accessible now, yet I suspect it will close down with a few years of bottle age, so try one (or two) now and save the rest for after 2025.

This tiny, yet undeniable reference-point estate in Cornas produces one of the most singular, distinct wines in the world. Run over the past few decades by Pierre-Marie Clape, the estate is slowly transitioning over the young, talented Olivier Clape. This is a bastion of traditional winemaking and the wines are not destemmed, see long fermentations, and are aged in ancient barrels and casks. The 2015s are certainly on par with what was accomplished in 2009 and 2010, and these are incredible, legendary wines in the making.

Wine Advocate: 97 Points

Clape?s flagship 2015 Cornas is enormously complex and compelling. Almond skin cherries blood and herbal notes all combine on the nose while on the palate this medium to full-bodied wine is firmly tannic but ripe and balanced with a rich velvety and nearly endless finish.

Vinous: 96 Points

Dark purple. Deep-pitched mineral-accented black and blue fruit liqueur olive and floral pastille aromas develop peppery spice and cola notes with aeration. Sappy and deeply concentrated on the palate offering boysenberry cassis and fruitcake flavors that are sharpened by smoky mineral and cracked pepper flourishes. The mineral note drives the extremely long energetic finish and chewy tannins provide shape and solid grip.

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