Cornas: Domaine Clape 'Renaissance' 2020

"I loved the 2020 Cornas Renaissance, a ripe, fleshy, supple, and already undeniably delicious Cornas. Darker berries, plums, garrigue, and peppery game notes all emerge from the glass, and it's medium to full-bodied, with lots of fruit and texture. It should evolve nicely for 10-12 years or more, and there's no harm in opening bottles now either. Drink 2022 - 2035. 93/100."Jeb Dunnuck - JebDunnuck.com. 'Renaissance' is a slightly lighter, more forward and approachable wine than the Clapes' classic Cornas but it still displays all the signature characteristics of this domaine - a bouquet of dark hedgerow berries, a core of complex black fruit tastes with a grainy texture and a fine structure of tannins.Auguste, Pierre and Olivier Clape's Cornas 'Cuvée Renaissance' hails from their younger vines (albeit averaging over thirty years of age) and represents about a third of their total output. It is surprisingly approachable within 2 years of bottling, with its youthful black fruit to the fore but thereafter it repays at least 5 years cellaring, whereby its robust tannins can soften with age and intermingle with its complex, dark, stone-fruit flavours and cooler granitic undertones. Cornas: Domaine Clape 'Renaissance' 2020. Auguste, Pierre & Olivier Clape. Rhône Wine > Cornas Wine. Red Wine