Côtes du Rhône, Clape - 2021

Name: Côtes du Rhône, Clape
Brand: Clape
SKU: 31917
Price: 66.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 31917 750mL

Impeccable Côtes du Rhône from a veteran. This wine includes juice from 120-year-old vines in St. Peray and younger vines in Cornas. Offers concentration and focus with great depth.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

France

Region

Rhône

Sub-Region

Côtes du Rhône

Producer

Clape

Grape Variety

Syrah

Limited Production: Only 1 bottle(s) per customer

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Staff Pick Notes

What is the sound of one hand Clape-ing? The sound of burstingly ripe, juicy black fruit, violets, savoury black olives and a whisper of black peppercorn. It is the sound of plush, velvet tannins grounded by classic rusticity from old Syrah vines sourced from the two most southern of the Northern Rhône AOCS: Saint-Péray and Cornas. This is a harmonious CdR Syrah, powerful, elegant, and contemplative from the legendary King of Cornas, August Clape (1925-2018). Drink now with gusto, or hold for future enjoyment.

- AN

Glossary

Rhône

Prestige in the north, value in the south: that’s the quick version of the Rhône story. Southern village appellations produce a dizzying stylistic range of delicious wines, while the prices for northern “trophy” bottles can be dizzyingly high. If you like smoky, leathery, earthy, macho red wines, however, the wines of the northern Rhône are well worth it. Prestigious northern Rhône appellations include Condrieu, Côte-Rôtie, Hermitage, and St.-Joseph. In the southern Rhône, look to the village...

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...