Red Wine from Cornas

Decanter, 95 points: This smells liked the baked slopes of Cornas; sun-warmed pine needles and dusty herbs, with a dab of tarry black fruit within. It has that raw, blood and iron Cornas character, backed by some slightly earthy, resinous...

jebdunnuck.com, 95 points: The base 2016 Cornas from Robert is a killer wine that shows the style of the vintage as well as the quality of the estate brilliantly. Crème de cassis, blackberries, smoked earth, spice, and hints of meatiness all flow...

Wine Enthusiast, 95 points: Sourced from vines averaging 60 years in age and steeper slopes than the Granit 30, this bottling embodies the meatiness and brawn of Cornas while maintaining a thrilling freshness and mineral edge. Black plum and cassis...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 98 points: The 2010 Cornas Vieilles Vignes is jaw-dropping stuff. Inky colored and incredibly concentrated, with sensational notes of bouquet garni, iron (blind I might have guess 2010 Clape), violets, crushed rock and decent black...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: The 2015 Cornas Domaine de Saint Pierre is a full-bodied, concentrated wine that brings the essence of Cornas to the bottle in its scents of crushed stones and firm, tannic finish. Hints of toasted almond and mocha give...

Wine Enthusiast, 94 points: Initially restrained aromas of zesty blackberry in this wine gain intricacies of rose petal, violet, graphite and dusty mineral. Sourced from the producer's younger vines and gentler slopes, its black cherry and berry...

jebdunnuck.com, 95 points: The 2015 Cornas Terre Brûlée comes from a total of seven different lieux-dits throughout the appellation (all are granite soils) and was vinified in concrete tanks before spending 18 months in older demi-muids. It offers...

jebdunnuck.com, 98 points: A smaller production cuvée, the 2017 Cornas Vin Noir offers a slightly more saturated purple hue as well as sensational notes of blackcurrants, burning embers, smoked earth, new leather, and game nuances. It's rich...