2020 Cornas Empreintes
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More density and depth, as well as precision, emerge from the 2020 Cornas Empreintes, a smaller production cuvée from 30-year-old vines. Its deep purple hue is followed by a beautiful perfume of black and blue fruits, bloody meat, pepper, and spring flowers. I love its focus and length on the palate, and it's medium to full-bodied, with plenty of tannins, a great mid-palate, and a salty, bloody finish that keeps you coming back to the glass. It's a “wow” Cornas for sure.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
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The 2020 Cornas Empreintes is slightly minty and herbal up front (25% of the grapes were vinified as whole bunches), but those notes are easily subsumed by a wave of lush blueberry and cassis fruit. Hints of pencil shavings suggest some barrel aging (about 20% new), but the emphasis is on big, ripe, rich, concentrated fruit. This is full-bodied, dusty and long on the finish, remaining fresh and vibrant throughout. Tasted twice (once blind), with consistent notes.