Cr Graybehl
Domaine Auguste Clape
Cornas Syrah 2005
Domaine Chante Cigale
Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2015
CR class 2-21-20. Just really smooth and tasty. Definitely a great wine. — 4 years ago
CR-Campegine in Vazzola
Vino Spumante Extra Dry Pinot Rosé
3 year anniversary — 5 years ago
Frank Cornelissen
Munjebel CR Terre Siciliane Nerello Mascalese 2019
Earthy and tart — a month ago
Dominio del Plata (Susana Balbo)
Signature Mendoza Malbec
Furca - San Jose CR — 2 years ago
Xavier Gerard
Côte - Rotie 2014
Nice, well-rounded CR, open and charming with lovely freshness. Fruity and brisk at first, slowly developed with more savory and floral nuances coming out with air. Day 2 was rocking. Black cherry/roast plum, violet, garrigue, singed wood, dried olives, granite. — 4 years ago
Domaine Gilles Barge
Côte-Brune Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2014
What a nose. Gorgeous leather, flowers, beef blood, smoked meats, gamey, floral like crazy, so so aromatic. Superb aromas. 9.5 on the nose. So clean, layered and pure. Just a stunning nose. Truly a thing of beauty. Palate is silky, deep, substantial and gamey. Velvety tannins and terrific freshness. Long finish and super pure fruit on the palate. Significant tannins. So so elegant. What a wine. Terrific inner mouth aromas and so pretty. Inner mouth florals mixed with meats. Commentated and exquisite fruit. Totally whack wine. Best 14 CR I’ve had. — 5 years ago
Edmond Duclaux
Maison Rouge Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2012
Very classic, straight down the middle CR in nice shape for current drinking — a year ago
Bonny Doon Vineyard
Le Cigare Volant Red Rhone Blend 2015
Another tasty CR special. Very good. Medium body with a little bit of fruit but mostly smooth and spicy finish. — 4 years ago
E. Guigal
La Mouline Côte-Rôtie Syrah 1983
18.5. First and second bottles of a case, tried several years ago, were hopeless - murky, flat. So gave up but didn’t discard the remaining 10, which resurfaced recently. My son and my ex-wife tried one a week ago and said wonderful. Last night, I confirmed that. No excessive wood, indeedno flaws. Nose best early on, faded a bit. But mouthfeel, fruit and length exceptional. An outstanding CR - definitely superior to Chapoutier la Mordoree 2005 that I had last week, which was fine but not outstanding. — 5 years ago
Shay A
My contribution to a large Rhône dinner. Standouts were ‘07 Chapoutier Le Meal Blanc, ‘89 and ‘90 Jaboulet La Chappelle, ‘11 Guigal La Mouline.
An over-generalization, but what I love about Cornas is the rusticity and sometimes feral nature of the wines (which I don’t find in Hermitage or CR) and this ‘05 is in that vein. I followed this from pop (after all, we are at the almost 20yr mark) and over the course of three hours.
Interplay of red and black berry fruits, black pepper, slightly herbal (maybe closer to potpurri floral) aromatically. Bright and nimble on the palate, nothing about this is ripe or soft. Energetic acidity all the way through surrounded by notes of iron (sanguine-like) and rocky minerality. Crunchy red and black fruits (whole-cluster?), hint of gaminess but not in the meaty-style I semi-expected. Clean and pure style of Syrah. Big structure at the finish…hard to imagine drinking this 10+yrs ago. Acidity and tannin will carry this a long time, but I think this is peak window for getting depth of fruit and complexity. — 10 days ago