Lionnet 2023 Cornas Terre Brulée (Arrives 9/29)

"from very old vines, between 40 to 100 years of age, in several notable Cornas vineyards, which are all blended into their flagship cuvée “Terre Brûlée”: Mazards, with granite-inflected soils of clay-limestone, is dark and powerful; Chaillot contributes classic granitic heft and dusty spice; clay-limestone Pied de la Vigne, which flanks Chaillot’s eastern edge, provides structural rigor; and Combe, the southernmost lieu-dit in the appellation, comprises sandy granite soils which give rounder fruit and more overtly floral aromas. Aged entirely in used 600-liter demi-muids, “Terre Brulée” is elemental and stern in its youth (in keeping with the house style), yet it will unfurl over the years to reveal a wine of great lift and energy." Rosenthal Wine Merchant  "dark red; has a violet strewn airt, very Chaillot, an air of cooked black cherry, gives a joli picture, has blood notes. There is authority on the palate – this is real heart of the blend wine, has solid depth, a good filling of tannin, the length really sure. This is cracking wine, Cornas as it should be" - the portion from Chaillot, Drink Rhone.