2022 Lionnet Cornas Pure Granit

"Dense forest berry fruit is wrapped around a compact core of healthy tannins. The peppery and stony aspects of this impressive Cornas are equally strong. Long, plush finish with excellent energy, still with some youthful firmness. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2026."

"The 2022 Cornas Pur Granit is an attractive, perfumed wine. Evoking aromas of violet, dark cherries and licorice mingled with delicate notes of pencil lead, it's medium to full-bodied, enveloping and concentrated with a sweet entry, structured tannins and a fleshy core of fruit that segues into a long, spicy and ethereal finish. This is a well-crafted, elegant and vibrant Cornas that will offer a broad drinking window." Drink 2025 - 2037

"Dark purple. Displays an array of mineral- and spice-accented dark fruit and floral scents, along with suggestions of olive, licorice and pipe tobacco. Densely packed blackcurrant and bitter cherry flavors slowly flesh out and become spicier and more lively through the back half. Powerful tannins add grip to a strikingly long, smoky finish that emphatically repeats the mineral and spice notes. -- Domaine Lionnet delivers highly expressive, unadorned and elegant wines that greatly please old-school purists. With only 2.2 hectares in Cornas and another 1.8 in Saint-Joseph, these wines have never been easy to find, and increasing attention from the market has not made things any easier. Corinne Lionnet, her husband, Ludovic Izerable, who makes the wines, and now their son, Luca, work in a strictly hands-off fashion. The wines are made with whole clusters and native yeast raised in large oak barrels, almost none of them new and, recently, some amphoras, with which they are quite pleased. Today, I would count this Domaine’s wines among the best from Cornas."