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2011 Paris, Vincent Cornas la Geynale Syrah
Syrah: 750ml
$74.99
$64.99
points awarded:
ST 91-93 WA 92-9592 -95 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2012
The 2011 Cornas La Geynale comes from 80-year-old vines planted in the southern end of the appellation. The wine was slightly reduced, making judgment somewhat hazardous. Nevertheless, it is loaded and huge in the mouth with gigantic fruit and colossal extract. Given its richness, there is none of the painful tannins and rusticity that Cornas can sometimes possess. I'll retaste it next year from bottle and, hopefully, have a better handle on it. -Robert Parker
91 -93 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, March 2013
Saturated ruby. Aromas of cassis, cherry compote, black olive and mocha, with a spicy topnote. Sappy and expansive, offering intense dark berry preserve flavors lifted and brightened by tangy acidity. Dusty tannins arrive late and add grip to a sweet, penetrating finish. Shows a surprisingly graceful, even feminine character for this bottling, which Paris says is typical of the vintage, "where the more delicate aspects of the wines are heightened, unlike '10 and '09, when it was the masculine qualities that stood out."
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