Lot 499
CLOS ROUGEARD SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY 2014 (1)
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2014 (1)
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2015 (1) WA 97
DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2015 (1) WA 97
Lot 499 Details
CLOS ROUGEARD SAUMUR-CHAMPIGNY 2014 (1)
Loire.
u. 1 cm. wrinkled capsule.
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2014 (1)
Rhône.
scraped label.
DOMAINE AUGUSTE CLAPE CORNAS 2015 (1)
Rhône.
scraped label.
Clape’s flagship 2015 Cornas is enormously complex and compelling. Almond skin, cherries, blood and herbal notes all combine on the nose, while on the palate this medium to full-bodied wine is firmly tannic but ripe and balanced, with a rich, velvety and nearly endless finish. December 2017. Drink: 2023-2040 WA 97
DOMAINE JEAN-LOUIS CHAVE HERMITAGE 2015 (1)
Rhône.
The 2015 Hermitage is in bottle and it's a profound, long-lived wine, although the 2017 may perhaps surpass it in terms of pure pleasure. The 2015 is a bit meaty and cedary up front, backed by a mix of berry fruit and spice variations. But what stands out is the wine's immaculate structure and balance. It's firm and tannic without being hard or unyielding, finishing with fold after fold of velvety richness. While the impatient can certainly derive some pleasure from it even now, I'd opt for cellaring it a decade or more. October 2018 Drink: 2028-2045 WA 97