2008 Cornas
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Olivier Clape told me that 2009 definitely leads with its fruit but that the wines actually have good structure underneath. "The tannins are folded in right now but they should become more apparent in a few years," he went on. "There's no hardness to them, which means that the wines aren't likely to close up like in a typical rich vintage. It was warm in '09 but not hot, so the grapes' skins stayed supple." Another characteristic that Clape likes about 2009 is that "there's no astringency in the young wines and that means that people who like to start drinking them when they're young can enjoy them with only a little guilt."
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I tasted with Pierre-Marie Clape on a morning following two days of rain, and he was concerned that the low pressure "might have compressed the wines' aromas." But I actually found his 2008s and 2007s pretty easy to read. Production here was off by over 25% in 2008, but Clape admitted that "this is a good time to be making less wine," given the weak market. He notes that 2008 isn't a vintage to get excited about "but there's a nice spiciness to the wines that is reminiscent of Crozes-Hermitage. They're wines to drink as soon as they come out." There will be more Cornas Renaissance than usual in 2008 because Clape did a severe selection for the flagship Cornas and kicked a good bit of juice that normally goes into the top wine down into the entry-level bottling. He also blended his 2008 Cornas press wine into the Vin des Amis "to give it more presence and backbone." Clape likes his 2007s but prefers the 2006s because "they are more complete and will have a longer aging curve. With their pretty, upfront fruit, the '07s will be showing most of their potential on the young side, but the '06s will live a long time on their balance. They'll surprise a lot of people."
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