Ripe and brambly, with a very solid core of red and black currant fruit mashed with spice, tobacco and roasted cocoa hints. The long finish lets iron, cocoa and spice play out nicely, with ample flesh. Drink now through 2016. 620 cases made.??–JM??Region: France / Northern Rh?ne / Cornas Select to Add

Full bodied and lush, with hints of sweet, smoky oak layered over espresso, black olive and sour plum. With faint suggestions of dried fruit and chocolate yet ample freshness on the finish, this seems a bit disjointed at the moment; drink 2016–2024. ——J.C.(10/1/2011)—— 91