Maison Tardieu - Laurent, Vallée du Rhône Nord, AOC Cornas, Rouge, 2021

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The vintage

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Terroir

Les Savaux, Les Chaillots, Patou at the base of the slopes

Ageing

12 months in new and one old barrels. Then 12 months in foudre.
Allier – Tronçais – Jupille

Winemaking

1/5 not destemmed

Alcohol content

13,5

Bottling

No fining, no filtration

Cépages

Syrah, Serine : 100 %

Lots of black cherries, violets, leather, and graphite notes emerge from the 2021 Cornas, a medium-bodied, focused, nicely structured Cornas that will benefit from just a year or two of bottle age and keep for a decade.

Jeb Dunnuck
Jeb Dunnuck , 90/100 , 2025-03-28

Shows alluring steeped cherry and damson plum flavors that are creamy and generous on the palate, with tangy acidity powering through. Offers licorice, vanilla and smoke incense accents that fill out the moderately intense center, all firmly bolted by iron. Reveals pleasing chewiness on the otherwise smooth finish.

Wine Spectator , 92/100 , 2024-02-29

Scented nose here with dark cherries, blueberries, currants, violets, grilled meat and baking spices. Full-bodied with plush tannins and fresh acidity. Dense, creamy and compact with bright fruit at the center and a harmonious structure shaping the mid-palate. Precise and more spicy towards the long finish.

Wine Spectator , 93/100 , 2023-11-13