Marchand & Tawse, Echezeaux Vintage:2020 Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a

Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a still youthful ruby color to go with lots of crushed rock-like minerality

but I suspect that it will recover with age

I doubt that the silky quality will last as I expect that this will shut down fairly hard for a few years before blossoming in a decade

All three Châteauneuf cuvées from Christophe Sabon are exemplary

delivering impactful black fruit preserves with loads of earthy nuances

Marchand & Tawse, Echezeaux Vintage:2020 Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a(from Les Treux and Rouge du Bas). A brooding if attractively perfumed nose features spicy notes of plum, dark raspberry and soft wood spice. The round and velvet textured flavors possess good volume and reasonable concentration though the lingering finish seems a bit flat and dull. There appears to be good underlying material so this could well come together, especially because the one thing that the 2017 vintage doesnt lack is energy. (89 91) 2029+