TN: 2011 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas (France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas)

WINE TALK
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I don’t own a lot of Cornas, I have enough good stuff to scratch the itch when it calls. I had planned all afternoon to open the 2011 Voge Chailles, accidentally pulled this one and was moving too quick and did not realize I had opened the Clape until I was pouring it into the decanter. Oops.

  • 2011 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas (12/5/2019)
    I’m not seeing the same wine as these reviews before mine in CT. My comment would be DO NOT OPEN THIS WINE NOW. It is closed up tight. Hard as nails. Even with 60 minutes in decanter…Maybe I just like my wines with more age. Primary, shiny fruit and hardcore structure. So tight, it doesn’t even say Northern Rhone to me right now. More patience is needed. Or maybe '11 just isn’t that special.

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Bummer! I have this problem all the time and have to make sure I’m wearing my reading glasses when I pull a bottle these days. Regarding 2011, a Gonon St Joe I consumed about six months ago was really singing with a couple of hours in the decanter, but I did make the decision to keep my hands off my remaining bottle for a couple of more years. Cheers!

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I hear you on the glasses! And it helps to turn the cellar light on, which I didn’t do. Ha! Moving too quickly last night.
Bummer as it was mostly a waste of what I trust is/will be a good wine. [cheers.gif]

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I think it’s a very nice vintage for Clape, just shut down hard.

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Ha- I saw that on Instagram and was thinking it was a little early to be opening that!

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Your note almost directly mirrors my thoughts on the Voge Chailles from a couple months ago :slight_smile:

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So it really didn’t matter, eh? [wink.gif]

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My notion, too, it was just so hard last night. Thanks for the input.

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Opened a 2011 Clape CdR tonight and it was drinking great. More earthy than when it was younger but still get that “crushed fruit over rocks” I like so much from these wines. I find these to have a lot of the same calling cards as the Cornas, without the tannin. Obviously not the same highs, but a very good alternative when you don’t have a bunch of older bottles of the Cornas lying around

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Sorry to hear about the unforeseen error with the ‘11 Clape Cornas. These wines, especially by a great producer, are usually very tough to drink within their first 20 years. But they’ll be very nice later on.

Also, hard to compare with the similar vintage Saint Joseph in terms of same stage drinkability.