Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2021 lowsulfur and European oak for nine

and European oak for nine months

The truest expression of the landscape emerges from the Alt Penedès region’s mosaic of calcareous soils

black cherries

or “star

The Laaerberg in Oberlaa is Vienna’s highest terrace (270 meters)

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2021 lowsulfur and European oak for nineClapes Cornas is produced from a collection of old vine parcels from the very best lieux dits in the appellation including Sabarotte, La Cte, and Reynard. In these strikingly steep sites, gnarled head trained Syrah vines must send their roots deep into poor granite soils for survival. The old vine fruit is vinified without destemming and aged in large, ancient wooden casks in the family cellars. It produces a majestically dark and brooding Cornas,