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 embers, saddle leather and that powdered rock-like minerality that you only find in wines from granite soils. Full-bodied, voluptuously textured and even decadent, yet still pure, focused and precise, this blockbuster Cornas will have two decades of longevity. - Jeb Dunnuck

The 2012 Cornas Vin Noir is certainly in its prime drink window and is showing a touch maturity in its new leather, bacon fat, flower, and darker berry fruits. Medium to full-bodied, it has a round, mouth-filling texture, silky tannins, and a great finish. It will evolve for another decade, but there’s no need to delay gratification.