Cornas Syrah

I was really excited to drink some Clape with some age and this showed really well against younger talent. It was was a bit more nuanced than the younger Clape but was still well endowed with fruit. Lots of life left.

This was absolutely fantastic. Open, expressive and very alive. Best bottle of Clape I've had.

Great!! Lovely first experience with Clape!! Can't wait for the 1988!!

Herbal austere and medicinal on the nose. A totally different wine on the palate

Green yet mean

A really lithe Clape. Fine, pure, aromatic, delicious.

2020/12/22 with pan-roasted venison loin and tenderloin with sauce poivrade (after Richard Olney). This is a tricky one. I love Clape, and this wine was quite nice, in a brambly blackberry and funk vein. It did not, however, have any of the notes you’d expect from a mature Clape. It certainly didn’t feel old or faded - quite the opposite, it was still fleshy and fresh, if not terribly deep. Sometimes this happens, but sometimes I feel it happens a bit frequently with wines from my cellar. Perhaps it’s just too cold - I have heard some views that in cool, stable “benchmark” cellar conditions, wine can age much more slowly than is generally expected. One thing I can say is that my 2004 Clape and Allemand, stored with no cooling with family in the Bay Area, has already started to shown those delicious, gamy aromas. Should I raise my cellar temp a few degrees? As is, who knows how much longer this one could or should have gone, but as it’s my last bottle I guess I’ll never know.

Tasted past its prime.

Yup. Crushed. Olive. Green peppercorn. Game recognize. Revealed herself after 1.5 hours and was mesmerizing.

This wine was amazing. Took an hour to open. Very olive on the palate then the wine turned Ashie but it a good way. Very good friendly this is an amazing effort.