Cave de Tain Cornas Arenes Sauvages Selection Parcellaire 2017

Critical Acclaim: 93 pts Wine Enthusiast; 93 pts Vinous; 91-93 pts Wine Advocate; 91 pts Jeb Dunnuck. 

Tasting Notes: "Maturation in new French oak lends prominent accents of char, vanilla and nutmeg to this glossy, black fruited Syrah. It's a flamboyant, intensely luscious sip packed with crème de cassis and mulberry flavors, but precisely composed, too. Youthful fruit flavors are immediately hedonistic, but the coarse, gripping tannins should meld better through 2030."- Wine Enthusiast. 

"A solid step up over the Cornas Classique, the 2017 Cornas Arenes Sauvages is a selection from steeper, decomposed granite soils. It has a darker, earthier, almost bloody character as well as old school cedary spice, garrigue, and hints of graphite. Medium to full-bodied, it has loads of fruit, notable complexity, ripe tannins, and outstanding length."- Jeb Dunnuck 

Varietal: Syrah.