Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Côtes du Rhone, Northern Rhône, France 2020 organic The vineyard

The vineyard

on the nose as in the mouth

Aging in 30-35% new Burgundian pièce brings notes of vanilla

from 30-35 year old vines in granite soil

This exquisite blanc hails from nearly seventy miles to the west of Sancerre

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Côtes du Rhone, Northern Rhône, France 2020 organic The vineyardThe Ctes du Rhne is crafted from a selection of young vine Cornas and older Syrah on deeper clay soils just outside the appellation. Sturdy and mineral driven, it tastes like the grapes were prompted, gently but insistently, to eke out the pure essence of Syrah. It can be enjoyed young, but has enough density and chewy flesh to age for up to a decade.