2006 Cornas Billes Noires
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Blacker-colored and more broodingly backward, the 2006 Cornas Billes Noires exhibits a touch of toasty new oak in its full, layered, concentrated, stunningly long personality. This is a superb quasi-modern style of Cornas that should be ready to drink in 2-3 years, and last for over a decade. Proprietor Matthieu Barret is another member of Cornas’ younger generation of producers who have embraced the use of smaller barrels as well as more sanitary vinification techniques. The results are wines imbued with good purity, sweeter tannins, appellation typicity, and more approachable styles that retain 15 or more years of aging potential. Importer: JEFF WELBURN SELECTIONS, Van Nuys, CA; tel. 818.780.4446
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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Aromatic though dark peppery violet laced black fruit. Rich and inviting. Roasted potato skins. Dry, fine, firm and bags of backbone but also plenty of flesh to fill it out. A big savoury mouthful but with attractive aromatic overlay and respectable freshness. (JH)