Wine Spectator: Big and rich, but with a throwback feel to the gutsy bramble, tobacco and mulled plum flavors, all pushed by additional dark olive and roasted fig notes. Good cut on the finis...

Wine Spectator: A lively, peppery, mineral-driven style, with a strong iron note run-ning through the core of crushed plum and blackberry. Features a lingering white pepper edge on the slight...

Wine Spectator: Nicely plush for the vintage, with tangy iron and white pepper notes melded into the damson plum and black cherry fruit. There's a lingering perfume on the finish. Drink now t...

Wine Spectator: A very fresh, pure style, with a strong violet note leading the way for almost brisk blackberry, black currant and black cherry fruit, pushed by sweet tobacco and tapenade not...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Intense black raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by notes of mace, violet and smoky minerals. Sweet, silky and pure, with pure dark berry and bitter che...

Wine Spectator: Lovely terroir as the earth, leather and currant notes mingle to create something distinctive and seductive. Full in body, silky in texture, with an undertow of fresh acidity,...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Blackberry, cherry-cola and violet on the highly perfumed nose. Sappy and concentrated but lively as well, offering intense dark berry flavors that are given spin...

Wine Spectator: Boysenberry and black currant fruit is wrapped in anise, plum sauce and spice notes, with ample toast on the finish. There's plenty of grip, but a strong graphite edge underne...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Aromas of cherry compote and cassis are brightened by a zesty mineral quality. Rich but lithe, offering gently sweet black raspberry and cherry flavors and a bi...

Wine Spectator: Very stylish, with soft but persistent mouthfeel to the blackberry, pepper, tobacco and cocoa notes. Features lingering black tea and iron notes on the finish. Drink now throu...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Reticent, mineral-accented aromas of cherry pit, cassis and violet, with an herbal topnote. Chewy and deeply pitched, offering an array of dark fruit flavors an...

Wine Spectator: Beautiful violet and chalk aromas are followed by pure bitter cherry, plum pit and currant notes. The finish has grip and a lacing of bay leaf. Needs a touch more cellaring ...

About this Wine: The 1 hecatare, terraced Cornas Les Eygats site is situated at a relatively high altitude. It has pure granite soil and and an ideal south-east exposure.

Les Eygats...

Wine Spectator: A very polished, juicy style, with blueberry and blackberry fruit laced with licorice and fruitcake notes. The long, round finish is more exuberant than concentrated, though t...

Wine Spectator: Sleek and tightly wound for now, with a bundle of red licorice, cassis, damson plum and spice notes at the core, pushed by brisk acidity and a lively, chalky edge on the finis...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Heady aromas and flavors of candied dark berries, violet pastille and cola, with a spicy note gaining strength in the glass. Fleshy and expansive, with superb f...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Dark berry preserves, licorice and cracked pepper on the highly perfumed nose and in the mouth. Sappy, penetrating and appealingly sweet, with slow-building tan...