Auguste Clape, Cornas, 2010 reshoot is fully mature: the tannins

is fully mature: the tannins have resolved and the tertiary notes have taken over

then aging the blend for a few years in barrel

it's drinking in its early prime and will hold for years yet

a young-vine field blend from a single west-facing slope on the Paardeberg

Auguste Clape, Cornas, 2010 reshoot is fully mature: the tanninsClape is the reference point for Cornas, and 2010 handed the Northern Rhone one of its great classical vintages: firm, fresh, and built to last. The family works just eight hectares of stacked granite terraces above the village, ground that Auguste's grandfather rebuilt terrace by terrace after leaving the Languedoc in the wake of the winegrower strikes of 1906 07. Auguste, the first grower in Cornas to bottle his own wine and the village mayor for