showing off all of its 100+-year-old-vine pedigree
Quality began improving dramatically about fifteen years ago and with the hiring of wine consultant Stephane Derenoncourt things have improved even further
blackberries and blueberries with toasty oak
I found the wine as extraordinary as the 2013
*Highly Recommended* (JS) (6/2008)
Auguste Clape, Cornas 2012 (1.5L) Burgundy Blanc showing off all of its98 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The Cornas of the vintage is Clapes 2012 Cornas. An incredible effort, its inky purple black color is followed by spectacular aromas and flavors of black raspberry, graphite, beef blood, iron, cedar and white pepper (among other things). This is Cornas at its finest, with insane aromatics, full bodied richness and massive concentration, yet at the same time staying elegant, seamless and gorgeously pure. Its more