1990 Robert Michel Cornas La Geynale- France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas (10/20/2018)
Knowing the low quality of corks in this era, I was terrified that this would be corked. How fortunate that those fears did not come to pass. Absolutely stunning Cornas. As good as it gets in the Rhone. Black-fruited, meaty, spicy, a touch of coffee, and wholly Cornas. The palate shows tons of Cornas character, with lots of blood and iron. The fruit is still there as well to round out this wine. Tannins are mostly resolved – this is fully ready to drink now and is pretty much exactly what it should be. (93 pts.)
I don’t usually comment on my scoring but I’ll make a brief exception here. There are way too many special snowflakes on this board who got upset with my scores. So to keep all the people here whose sense of personal self-worth depends on my scores happy, I feed them the emotional pablum of 93 points.
William, thanks for the tip! I think the fact that the prices haven’t blown up the way Verset has has kept many bottles on the sidelines. The older ones aren’t too easy to find…