The very best factor concerning the wine, although, is the end. Simply because the coolness of the night follows the warmth of the day, the succulence of the mid-palate is adopted by a beautiful mineral vibrancy that pulls you again for extra. You possibly can drink this wine tonight, in just a few years’ time, or you possibly can cellar it for a decade-plus. I feel it’s at all times going to offer you nice pleasure and stay fascinating.
Vincent Paris has been making this model of Cornas for a number of years, and I stumbled upon his wines final 12 months in a big tasting that Inter Rhone, the regional promotion board, organized for us. I used to be prospecting and I hit a nugget of gold! This 12 months I acquired to see the vineyard, which nestles below an enormous photo voltaic panel behind a modest home. There’s nothing fancy concerning the inside, and Vincent is sort of a reserved man who doesn’t blow his personal horn. He’s not serious about working the markets, so the one solution to meet him is to go there.
I like the high-profile producers of the Rhone, and it’s a pleasure to style nice wines in an opulent tasting room, as I did a number of instances this 12 months. Nonetheless, it’s additionally nice that this world co-exists with a down-to-earth vigneron – the French work that actually translated means “winegrower” – like Vincent Paris who has only one aim: to make wines which might be the absolute best expression of his vineyards. And he did it once more! Here’s a syrah from Cornas that’s complicated, unique and chic.
– Stuart Pigott, Senior Editor
