Pretty label. Beautiful color. Euro smells. Smells of rosehip and gojiberry. Complex. High ABV. Deceptively strong cider. Pretty dry. Flavors are tart, but full. Tannins. Cukes and bit of cherry surprise. This is fancy cider for the connoisseur. — a year ago
65% Syrah; 35% Cabernet Sauvignon — 4 months ago
Domaine Clape’s Côtes du Rhône is made from two tiny parcels totaling maybe three acres. One parcel is in Saint-Péray and the second parcel lies just outside of Cornas.
Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service. The 2017 Côtes du Rhônes pours, a deep, ruby/purple color with a magenta rim and a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with significant staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with beautiful notes of ripe and tart fruit: brambles, fig, lavender, bacon fat, black pepper, dried green herbs, and some warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. There is unmissable pedigree here. Certainly not your ordinary Côtes du Rhône. This is in a very lovely spot. Drink now through 2032. — a month ago
@Lyle Fass Amazing juice! What a score and for 1/2 the cost of an Auguste Clape… — 7 months ago
Medium plus tannins, nice berry fruit on aroma and flavors with some chalkiness on the aftertaste. — 9 months ago
Ron Siegel
This was open & drinking well showing cherry, berry, plum fruit, game, pepper, olive with lots of mineral & spice — 18 days ago