Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 orange chocolate and coffee beans

chocolate and coffee beans

cocoa and vanilla

while many other wines of this village tend towards richness and concentration

in addition to estate plantings at the legendary Bien Nacido Vineyard

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 orange chocolate and coffee beansClapes Cornas is produced from a collection of old vine parcels from the very best lieux dits in the appellation including Sabarotte, La Cte, and Reynard. In these strikingly steep sites, gnarled head trained Syrah vines must send their roots deep into poor granite soils for survival. The old vine fruit is vinified without destemming and aged in large, ancient wooden casks in the family cellars. It produces a majestically dark and brooding Cornas,