2016 Cornas, Les Chailles, Alain Voge, Rhône spirit but singularly attractive and beguiling

but singularly attractive and beguiling

The 2004 has the highest ever percentage of Cabernet (90%) in the final blend - usually it's around 80% - and is one which Director Frédéric Engerer likens to their astonishing 1996

at around half the size of traditional Sherry butts

it has great charm and grace

This was a gorgeous showing by the 2000 Château Lynch-Bages

2016 Cornas, Les Chailles, Alain Voge, Rhône spirit but singularly attractive and beguilingLeading off the Cornas releases, the 2016 Cornas Les Chailles is a wine that always delivers pleasure. It offers an exotic bouquet of violets, black and blue fruits, gamey meats, incense, and bouquet garni. It's medium to full bodied, rich, beautifully textured, and layered, with the charm to drink today and the balance and class to keep for a decade or more. It's a rich, powerful Cornas from 2016. 93 100, Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck. com (December 2018)