Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2019 kosher red licorice

red licorice

Accompanies perfectly medium aged cheese

on the west-facing slope of a ridge line

During its period of maturation The Balvenie DoubleWood is transferred from a Traditional Oak whisky cask to a First Fill Spanish Oak Sherry cask

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2019 kosher red licoriceClapes 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,