Domaine du Tunnel (Stéphane Robert) Cornas Vin Noir

Beautiful nose with a strong dark fruit core. Alongside you can find cinnamon, underbrush, grilled herbs and a hint of meat. Appeals very young on the palate. Nice amont of fruit & acid left. Tannins are there but very soft. If you can get a well stored bottle this can age easily another 15-20 years imo.

This comes from a parcel of very old (80-100 years) vines grown on a steep granite slope that once belonged to the Old Cornas Master, Marcel Juge. Though more modern in style than Juge, this is nevertheless a very impressive and still young Cornas. The fruit tends toward the darker side, with just-crushed raspberries and darker, blackberry fruit. The wine is fresh despite its size, with unmistakeable Cornas gaminess and meatiness, along with Syrah's violet florality and bitingly bloody tang. …

Consumed over three nights, stored at 40 degrees between tasting. Really great: a bit better than the bottle I enjoyed over the summer. Loads of blackberry with some leather and earth. A bit more new world in style than other in Cornas.

Enjoyed with beef but not doine the wine geek focus. Very nice, well rounded and newish world in style cornas. Both bottles were very good and highly enjoyed. Some of the smoke, meaty notes one would expect and drinking well. Aging Tunnel is still a bit of a wild card (I have back to '99 of this cuvee) but these, while young, drink well now.

Nice leather & blackberry.