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9.1

Anniversary dinner at the Grove — 11 days ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Wrapping up a wild weekend, I finished this bottle of Cuchet-Beliando Cornas that I opened Friday evening. It was awesome on the pop and pour and continued to develop in a lovely arc through Sunday evening when I enjoyed my last glass. The 2017 pours a deep ruby/purple with a magenta rim and what’s basically an opaque core. Medium+ viscosity and moderate staining, with some signs of sediment. On the nose the wine is developing with notes of the most pure black and red brambles, some blueberries, a bit of animale, deli case, pimento loaf, lavender, a whole Pensey’s bag of Tellicherry pepper corns, black olives, cedar and gentle warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the palate although the brambles are a bit more red. The finish is long and with loads of meat and black pepper. This is a stunning Cornas that has some real class behind the feral Cornas curtain. I really love this…but I’m an absolute sucker for the Rhône. Drink now with some patience but this will be brilliant for decades. 2024-2057. Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — 4 months ago

Fabian Kühlhorn

8.9

Might be time to drink up. I feel like the fruit is thinner than a few years ago, and being a pretty light bodied wine, there is just not much else left in the bottle. — 6 months ago

Inseon Hwang

8.9

Surprisingly decent. Raspberries, blackberries, a little bit of tart, a little bit of nice organic tree bark. — 2 months ago

Michael Patrone

9.7

Great pinot — 4 months ago

with Carolyn

Aaron Tan

9.1

Fresh, fruity, and absolutely divine with Jose Gourmet’s excellent canned fishies. Yum! — 5 months ago

George Spencer

9.2

Long tanning. Tart fruit. Very enjoyable over an hour or two. Wish I had more. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Rich sappy dark cherry, berry fruit, savory spice, mineral, underbrush & violet — 4 months ago

Julia Geisler

9.3

oh wow 😍 maybe I’m becoming a Loire Cab Franc girl — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a pretty ruby color with a transparent core and maybe some slight rim variation. Medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. No obvious signs of sediment. On the nose, developing with strawberries, raspberries, mushrooms, sous bois and soft baking spices. Delicate. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. Finish is medium+. Lovely and quite elegant. I called Bourgogne Rouge from a great producer but it was 2012 Raphet “Clos Vougeot”. Oooop. Drinking well now with some secondary characteristics just beginning to show. Drink through 2032.
— 6 months ago