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Pierre Gaillard Cornas 2021 750ml

size
750ml
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Cornas
DC
92
JD
91
Additional vintages
2021 2020
DC
92
Rated 92 by Decanter
A just-ripe style that has a good sense of freshness with well-worked tannins – this is relatively approachable for a 2021 Cornas. Good acidity, it’s softer than the more traditional houses. A parcel of 70-year-old vines, all destemmed, aged for 18 months in barrel, 50% new. ... More details
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Pierre Gaillard Cornas 2021 750ml

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Professional Ratings
DC
92
JD
91
DC
92
Rated 92 by Decanter
A just-ripe style that has a good sense of freshness with well-worked tannins – this is relatively approachable for a 2021 Cornas. Good acidity, it’s softer than the more traditional houses. A parcel of 70-year-old vines, all destemmed, aged for 18 months in barrel, 50% new.
JD
91
Rated 91 by Jeb Dunnuck
89-91 Spice, sandalwood, white pepper, and incense notes all emerge from the 2021 Cornas, a medium-bodied, pretty, beautifully complex Cornas. It shows the more mid-weight style of the vintage, yet it has good mid-palate density as well as ripe tannins. It's promising.
Winery
This Syrah is powerful, elegant, rich, and unctuous, with velvety tannins.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
France
region
Rhone Valley
appellation
Cornas
Additional vintages
2021 2020
Overview
A just-ripe style that has a good sense of freshness with well-worked tannins – this is relatively approachable for a 2021 Cornas. Good acidity, it’s softer than the more traditional houses. A parcel of 70-year-old vines, all destemmed, aged for 18 months in barrel, 50% new.
green grapes

Varietal: Syrah

There continues to be much debate surrounding the name of the Shiraz/Syrah grape varietal, with many experts still quite unsure which came first. Indeed, even the origins of this varietal are more or less unknown, despite it being most commonly associated with the Rhone Valley of France, and New World countries, most notably Australia. However, its popularity and unique characteristics have seen it planted all over the world, where it continues to impress with its powerful flavors and wonderfully spicy notes of pepper and clove. Shiraz/Syrah wines are renowned also for their versatility, and are regularly used in single variety still and sparkling wines, as well as blended and oak aged wines which demonstrate its ability to express its terroir and secondary flavors very well.
barrel

Region: Rhone Valley

In southern France, one of the primary wine regions responsible for the production of a fine and varied range of wines is the Rhone Valley. Split into two large sub-regions, this expansive valley benefits from micro-climates which allow the wineries to grow a vast array of fine grape varietals. The northern region is the more limited one in regards to the amount of varietals grown, focusing predominantly on raising excellent quality Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier vines for their distinctive and elegant range of wines. The southern region, on the other hand, has a beautifully Mediterranean climate, and is home to dozens of grape varietals which are used to produce white, red and rosé wines, alongside some of the most famous and widely loved blended wines in the world.
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Country: France

France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.
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green grapes

Varietal: Syrah

There continues to be much debate surrounding the name of the Shiraz/Syrah grape varietal, with many experts still quite unsure which came first. Indeed, even the origins of this varietal are more or less unknown, despite it being most commonly associated with the Rhone Valley of France, and New World countries, most notably Australia. However, its popularity and unique characteristics have seen it planted all over the world, where it continues to impress with its powerful flavors and wonderfully spicy notes of pepper and clove. Shiraz/Syrah wines are renowned also for their versatility, and are regularly used in single variety still and sparkling wines, as well as blended and oak aged wines which demonstrate its ability to express its terroir and secondary flavors very well.
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Region: Rhone Valley

In southern France, one of the primary wine regions responsible for the production of a fine and varied range of wines is the Rhone Valley. Split into two large sub-regions, this expansive valley benefits from micro-climates which allow the wineries to grow a vast array of fine grape varietals. The northern region is the more limited one in regards to the amount of varietals grown, focusing predominantly on raising excellent quality Syrah, Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier vines for their distinctive and elegant range of wines. The southern region, on the other hand, has a beautifully Mediterranean climate, and is home to dozens of grape varietals which are used to produce white, red and rosé wines, alongside some of the most famous and widely loved blended wines in the world.
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France is renowned across the globe for its quality wines and the careful expertise which goes into making them, but what is truly remarkable about this relatively small country is the vast range of wines it produces in such huge amounts each year. Not only are the finest red wines in the world said to come from the beautiful regions of Bordeaux and Burgundy, but elsewhere in the country we find the Champagne region, and areas such as the Rhone Valley and the Loire, whose white wines consistently receive awards and accolades by the plenty. This range is a result of the great variety of climatic conditions and terrain found in France, coupled with generations of wine makers working within single appellations. Their knowledge of specific terroirs and grape varieties has, over time, perfected the production of wines within their region, and the end results continue to impress the world to this day.