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2009 Les Vins de Vienne Cornas Les Barcillants
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2009 Les Vins de Vienne Cornas Les Barcillants

Producer: Les Vins de Vienne
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: France
Region: Rhone
Appellation: Cornas

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2012

Inky violet color.  A complex bouquet evokes cassis, cherry-cola, olive and smoked meat, with a sexy floral quality gaining power with air.  The palate offers deeply pitched dark berry and bitter cherry flavors lifted by notes of candied licorice and violet.  Sweet and penetrating on the gently tannic finish, with lingering smoke and floral notes. There's plenty of material for aging here but I suspect that this wine will be enjoyable within the next few years. 

93 Points | Wine Spectator

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While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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