2013 Cornas Chailles
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Opaque ruby. Vibrant and sharply focused on the nose, displaying intense dark berry and floral scents complicated by suggestions of olive, pungent flowers and smoky minerals. Juicy, concentrated and gently sweet, offering sappy cherry and black currant flavors that become more lively and spicy with air. Shows excellent power and spicy thrust on an impressively long, youthfully tannic finish, leaving notes of dark berry liqueur and allspice behind.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2013 Cornas les Chailles is the estate’s entry level wine that comes all from the Les Chailles lieu-dit, which is located in the northern part of the appellation. This 2013 offers outstanding notes of black and blue fruits, pretty wild herbs, violets and plenty of minerality. Medium to full-bodied, pure, and with fine tannin, it doesn’t have a huge back-end level of depth or concentration, but it’s a beautiful wine that will have a decade of drinkability.
(made entirely from fruit grown in Chaillot): Youthful purple. Primary dark berry and floral scents show very good clarity and hints of succulent herbs and licorice. Velvety and seamless in texture, offering juicy black raspberry and violet flavors that pick up a spicy nuance with air. A bitter chocolate note appears on the clinging finish, which is framed by fine-grained, sneaky tannins.
Very bright crimson. Solid, dense, very meaty nose. With some luscious (for Cornas) fruit on the front palate. Sandy finish. Slight lack of fruit. (JR)