Cornas Syrah

A lot of violet and black fruits. Ethereal. A bit elevated acidity.

Lovely Cornas with a tender supple side - 2014

This is interesting. First off, wonderful experience to drink this wine. Precise aromas, extremely varietal, oodles of white pepper, gamey meats, and red fruits. Light bodied but powerful flavors. My comfort zone. But it really struck me that the wine had a lot in common in body and character with a lot of Syrahs made here in CA by folks who also make Pinot noir. As a wine lover who is primarily interested in the people who grow the grape and make the wine (as opposed to the geology of the soil, though that is interesting too), it is fascinating that such a "minimal intervention" wine can so strongly show a human perspective towards the process. The winemakers hand always shows, despite all efforts to the contrary. As it should be.

2013. Scandalous Cornas. Nothing but carbonic and whole cluster notes across the board. Well made...but wayyyyyyy overpriced.

Gorgeous Cornas.

Smokey, fruity and spicy with very refined acidity. We all enjoyed this and it went well with heavy food...a bit price

Juicy but tasty

High acid, less ripe, some olive character, quite fruity. Green and stemmy. Pretty open and delicious when coravin'd but when popped the next day it was a bit rough and closed. Day 2 it settled down and opened back up. qpr is way off with Faury and others in the game. Drinks at a lower level than the appellation. Carbonic fruit is evident and gives it some sex appeal but also removes typicity.

2013

Incredible wine. Great nose, summer jam at the farmers market and meadows, taste of dark fruit, a bit of earth, great tannins well integrated