2015 Cornas, Domaine A. Clape, Rhône

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Description

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.

Drink 2018 - 2043

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (January 2018)

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2015

Alcohol % 13%

Maturity Ready - youthful (2021 - 2039)

Grape List Syrah

Body Full Bodied

Producer Domaine Clape

Critics reviews

Richard Hemming MW 17.5+/20

Exquisite leather and liquorice flavour with deep black fruit and intense, unrelenting tannin. Many years are needed to unlock the secrets within!

Drink 2020 - 2030

Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2018)

Josh Raynolds 96/100

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 flavours 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.

Drink 2025 - 2036

Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com (Apr 2018)

Joe Czerwinski 97/100

Clapes 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.

Drink 2023 - 2040

Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (Dec 2017)

James Suckling 98/100

A more floral and perfumed wine than the 2015 Renaissance. Violets add interest to plenty of peppery red plums and wild red berries. Darker berries, graphite and stony notes, too. So much here. The palate arrives in a silky ribbon-like mode, it has a very long core of blackberries, liquorice and spiced plum flavours. Superior definition in the tannin department. A taut finish.

Drink from 2025

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Dec 2018)

About this wine

Cornas

Cornas was established in 1938. Only reds are made, and solely from the Syrah grape; a contributing factor to their style is the granitic soil. The wines are made traditionally and often spend two years in oak. They are also strong and powerful – a cross between Hermitage and Côte-Rôtie – but typically display less finesse. After five to 10 years of ageing the best examples take on a more elegant and complex character.

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