Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 skincontact non-muted sweet wine

non-muted sweet wine

allowing Dieter to craft complex and layered small-lot wines

the Murphy family acquired an ideal unplanted 200-acre property in the hills of the Santa Maria Valley

This is a beautiful example of the Au Bon Climat style

Caol Ila 12 year old is the color of pale straw

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 skincontact non-muted sweet wineClapes Cornas is produced from a collection of old vine parcels from the very best lieux dits in the appellation including Sabarotte, La Cte, and Reynard. In these strikingly steep sites, gnarled head trained Syrah vines must send their roots deep into poor granite soils for survival. The old vine fruit is vinified without destemming and aged in large, ancient wooden casks in the family cellars. It produces a majestically dark and brooding Cornas,