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Vincent Paris, Cornas La Geynale, 2015

Red Wine from Northern Rhone, France
by Vincent Paris
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This is the apex bottle in Vincent Paris's Cornas lineup, and it carries a real piece of Northern Rhône history. Paris is the nephew of Robert Michel, the old-guard Cornas master who retired after the 2006 vintage and left his nephew a single south-facing parcel inside the Reynard climat planted to roughly 100-year-old Syrah vines: La Geynale. The 2015 vintage in the Northern Rhône was a landmark, deeply concentrated and structured, and many critics consider this the greatest Geynale Paris has yet made. A decade on, the wine is now in its drinking window with another ten to fifteen years of upside ahead. Cornas of the new generation: serious, fresh, energetic, capable of nuance and elegance, and absolutely true to one of the appellation's great old-vine sites.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"Inky ruby. A potent, highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, cherry liqueur, incense and candied violet, and a smoky mineral nuance builds in the glass. Sweet, seamless and focused on the palate, offering deeply concentrated blueberry, cherry liqueur and floral pastille flavors and a strong suggestion of fruitcake. In a powerful yet almost shockingly graceful style, displaying superb detail and focus on an impressively long, floral- and mineral-dominated finish." —Josh Raynolds

Robert Parker

96 points

"Paris’ 2015 Cornas la Geynale comes from the south-facing parcel of the same name and from 100-year-old vines. It’s hugely concentrated and rich yet firm and austere, showing off its granite pedigree. Licorice, plum and crushed stone notes promise much for the future, but unless you’re a big-time tannin pig this mouth-drying wine demands cellaring." —Joe Czerwinski

Decanter

99 points

"Still very darkly coloured, quite closed, the aromas descend again after swirling. Intense graphite, petrichor and blackcurrant. Full-bodied, with lovely sweet fruit, very elegant tannins, so concentrated but so light on its feet. The acidity isn't high, but it's well balanced, everything here is in place. Definitely a vintage to buy, then to keep, until at least 2029, then to drink over the decades. 'A hot year. But the vines didn't suffer, there were no blockages,' says Vincent Paris. Hundred-year-old vines. No destemming. Five-day cold maceration, then fermented with wild yeasts. Twice daily remontage, no punching down, then aged for 12-16 months in two- to 8-year-old barriques. Grown on the granite slopes of lieu-dit La Geynale, one of the finest of the appellation."

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Syrah

  • Vintage

    2015

  • Size

    750ml

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled lamb chops with rosemary, peppercorn-crusted ribeye, slow-braised short ribs, or game such as venison or wild boar. Anything charred over an open flame, herbed with Provencal aromatics, and unapologetically savory will find a brilliant counterpart here.

Tasting Profile

Blackberry, smoked bacon, crushed black pepper, violet, olive tapenade, and granite. Concentrated and structured on the palate, with fine-grained tannins, lifted aromatics, and a long, peppery, mineral finish. In window now; will reward another 10-15 years.

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