Red Wine from Cornas

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Paris’s entry-level cuvee that comes from some of the lower slopes, the inky colored 2012 Cornas Granite 30 is a great bottle of wine that’s been an incredible value in the past couple of vintages. Classic Cornas, yet...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: Looking at the 2012 Cornas releases, the 2012 Cornas les Chailles (100% Syrah from the Les Chailles lieu-dit, aged in 2- to 5-year-old white-wine barrels) is stunning stuff that could rival the 2010 and 2011 in another...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Moving to the 2011s, these are all superb and possess classic Cornas characteristics without any rusticity or coarseness (which is becoming more the norm in the appellation than not). Layered and reasonably approachable...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 92 points: Dark purple. Fresh dark berry and cherry-cola aromas and flavors are complicated by notes of Asian spices and licorice. Bright and racy on entry, then fleshier and richer in the mid-palate, with a smoky note emerging with...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: A smaller production release that comes from three separate parcels and 100-year-old vines, the 2012 Cornas Vin Noir is aged all in older barrels. Inky purple/black in color, it exhibits awesome notes of cassis, burning...

Wine Spectator, 96 points: Offers a scintillating display of loganberry, black currant, bitter plum and cherry pit notes before picking up a racy minerally edge that pierces the finish, leaving echoes of warm iron, singed bay, white pepper...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 94 points: Starting out, the 2011 Cornas Brise Cailloux offers up textbook Cornas wildness with its gamy, herbal-styled bouquet delivering brilliant fruit (black cherry, raspberry, blueberry), loads of meatiness, spring flowers and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: Lastly, and released only in magnum, the 2012 Cornas Gore is off the charts, and one of the top-rated Cornas in this report. A single-vineyard release that comes from the granite soils known as gore, its inky purple/black...

Antonio Galloni's Vinous, 94 points: Glass-staining ruby. A highly perfumed, complex bouquet evokes ripe cherry and blueberry, complicated by notes of candied violet, incense and Indian spices. Sappy and expansive on the palate, with intense dark berry...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 93 points: The 2003 Cornas La Louvee is a blockbuster. Glorious aromas of flowers blackberries roasted meats espresso roast and white chocolate flow from this full-bodied concentrated modern-styled impressively-endowed...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Coming from the upper part of Cornas and seeing 24 months in 400-500 Liter barrels (none new), the 2012 Cornas Domaine du Coulet Billes Noires is an incredible effort that’s up with the crème de la crème of the vintage...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: Completely destemmed and aged 18 months in 2- to 8-year-old barrels, its purple/black color is followed by an incredible nose of black raspberry, kirsch, crushed rock and violets. Possessing more tension and depth than...