2014 Cornas Granit 60
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Opaque ruby. Deep-pitched black and blue fruit and floral pastille aromas, plus peppery spice and smoky mineral notes that emerge with aeration. Appealingly sweet and sharply focused on the palate, offering intense boysenberry and cassis flavors given nerve by a core of juicy acidity. The mineral nuance recurs on the very long, vibrant finish, where harmonious tannins provide shape and grip.
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Paris did well in 2014, and while the wines lack the density and depth of the 2015s, they have pure, classic and balanced characters. They’ll certainly be drinkable at an earlier age than his 2015s. Much more meaty and bloody, with loads of pepper, ripe blackberries, blueberries, violets and leafy herbs, the 2014 Cornas Granit 60 (100% Syrah that was 70% destemmed and aged all in barrel) is medium to full-bodied, rich, concentrated and beautifully pure. I love its purity of fruit and ripe, sweet tannin. If you’re cherry picking, this is the wine to buy in 2014. Drink it over the coming 8-10 years.
Bright violet. Heady, smoke-accented black and blue fruit and floral pastille scents show excellent focus and a peppery spice accent. Sappy, penetrating and gently sweet, offering intense black currant and boysenberry flavors that tighten up and become spicier with air. Densely packed but lithe, finishing with powerful thrust and silky, slow-building tannins. I really like the blend of richness and vivacity here.
Similar in style to the Granit 30, yet with additional structure, the 2014 Cornas Granit 60 Vielles Vignes comes from older vines located in the lieux-dits of Patou, Mazards and Sauman. Mostly destemmed and aged 18 months in two- to eight-year-old barrels, it reveals a sweet, voluptuous, medium to full-bodied and moderately tannic profile to go with classic Cornas notes of smoked earth, decomposed granite, wild herbs, blackberry and black currant fruit. While it’s more structured than the Granit 30, I still suspect it will be reasonably approachable in its youth. Dec 2015, www.robertparker.com