Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas 750ml COSTUMEBOX fresh hazelnut and sweet spice

fresh hazelnut and sweet spice

fresh apples

Dark chocolate

Before saying goodbye

Ageing uses just enough seasoned French oak to frame the fruit without overwhelming it

Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas 750ml COSTUMEBOX fresh hazelnut and sweet spiceDomaine Auguste Clape is the historic benchmark of Cornas, a tiny granite soil appellation in the Northern Rhne that gave its name to the inky, structured style of Syrah grown along its steep terraces. Auguste Clape was the first vigneron to bottle his own Cornas, and the estate, now run by his grandson Olivier, has stayed true to a traditional, low intervention approach across more than half a century. Fruit is hand harvested from a patchwork of old