Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2020 sustainable warming taste of fresh fruit

warming taste of fresh fruit and vanilla

banana and vanilla to the instantly recognizable Laphroaig flavor of smoky peat complemented by a surprising sweetness

the 150-hectare estate is run today by Sébastien du Petit Thouars

fermented on the indigenous yeast

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Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2020 sustainable warming taste of fresh fruitClapes 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,