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Cornas La Geynale Robert Michel 1998

  • Spices
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 13% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Full-bodied

Un cornas issu d'une des meilleures parcelles de l'appellation. Un vin de garde d'une souplesse et d'un équilibre déconcertants. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Magnum
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 marked label, 1 slightly worn label, 1 slightly folded label, 1 neutral capsule
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Rhône
  • Appellation/Wine: Cornas
  • Producer/Owner: Robert Michel
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Cornas La Geynale Robert Michel serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Canard à la roannaise, Filet mignon de porc aux cèpes, Perdreaux rôtis aux noix et au lard gras.

  • Vintage score: 18/20
  • Lot presentation
    Cornas La Geynale Robert Michel

    The wine

    La Geynale owes its name to the parcel which produces the Syrah grapes comprising this wine. It is on a steep hillside located in one of the appellation's best terroirs: the Reynard quartier. This hillside is distinguished by its south/south-easterly exposure, granite and gneiss soil and the age of its hundred-year-old vines. In keeping with the producer's convictions, winemaking methods are traditional. This wine opens out with fullness and elegance into notes of black berries, balsamic vinegar and licorice. The palate is surprisingly supple. Its rich flavours coat the tannins, offering a soft, silky substance. This is a wine for keeping, with plenty of potential yet to be revealed. One for keeping for a few years.

    Information about domain Robert Michel

    Robert Michel has been running the family domain in Cornas, a few metres from Alain Voge's property, for several decades. Representing the fourth generation of winegrowers, he began his career in the 1970s and after many years selling his wine to the trade he released his first vintage in 2006. Robert Michel is renowned for having raised the standing of Cornas vineyards and championing traditional winemaking techniques. This means manual harvests, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, and élevage in used oak barrels. Today, his property extends over 5 hectares and boasts the superb, south-facing hillside plot of La Genayle with its granite and gneiss soil. His wines embody the Cornas tradition.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Magnum
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 marked label, 1 slightly worn label, 1 slightly folded label, 1 neutral capsule
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Cornas
    • Producer/Owner: Robert Michel
    • Vintage: 1998
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Environment friendly 
    • Size (in ha): 4.5
    • Volume: 18000
    • Intensity: Full-bodied
    • Dominant aroma: Spices
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: Syrah
    Cornas La Geynale Robert Michel
    Cornas La Geynale Robert Michel

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