Domaine A. Clape 2021 Cornas "Renaissance", Rhone Valley
The Clape estate is one of the elite performers not only in its home appellation of Cornas, but in all of the northern Rhone Valley. Year after year, richly crafted Syrahs that can only come from privileged vineyards are offered in tiny allocations, and we are lucky to be able to offer them to our customers each year. The Renaissance label was originally created to offer Cornas from younger vines, while their flagship Cornas used the old-vine material, but year-after-year the Renaissance vines grew older and older, so they are now up to 30 years of age!
"Made from the domaine’s younger Cornas vines, Renaissance showcases top terroirs across the appellation in a slightly more accessible way than Clape’s flagship bottling. Given the same treatment—vinified naturally with whole clusters and aged in old foudres for nearly two years before being bottled unfiltered—it can be uncorked in its youth, although it certainly has the structure to age for many years. Replete with inky black fruit, black olive, and gamey overtones, this Syrah is the real deal from one of the best in the game."—Anthony Lynch, Kermit Lynch Imports
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