2019 Cornas Chante Perdrix
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Opaque magenta. Ripe blackcurrant and cherry aromas are complemented by suggestions of exotic spices, olive, pipe tobacco and pungent flowers. Youthfully chewy, appealingly sweet black and blue fruit flavors show serious depth and become spicier with air. A smoky mineral element adds lift, and building tannins frame an impressively long, broad finish that leaves allspice and mocha notes behind. This wine is made from fruit grown in the Reynards, La Côte and Saint-Pierre lieu-dits.
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Alistair Cooper MW, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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Ripe red and black fruits, smoked meat, bacon fat, and assorted spicy notes all emerge from the 2019 Cornas Chante Perdrix, a ripe, medium-bodied, accessible Cornas offering ripe tannins, nicely integrated acidity, and the sunny, ripe style of the vintage. It's drinking nicely today but should easily evolve for 10-12 years, and probably keep for longer as well.
A rich and meaty Cornas with a lot of flesh and body, which is typical for this appellation in this vintage. The rather polished tannins have been well crafted and hold this big volume together though the long, velvety finish. But there is slight warmth at the end. From high altitude vineyards. Drink or hold.
The full-bodied 2019 Cornas Chante Perdrix is atypically powerful and intense, yet it still retains the cuvée's essentially approachable character. Supple and fleshy, loaded with red plum, cassis and blackberry fruit, it finishes long, with hints of thyme. Drink it over the next 15 years. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.