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From a boutique wine estate known as Cave Dumazet or Marie-Paule Dumazet in the Northern Rhône, this organic Cornas is a smooth, rich elegant 100% Syrah comparable to Hermitage with flavours of dark fruits, savoury meaty notes, liquorice, white pepper and spices
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| Wine Style | Red Wine, Smooth Elegant Red |
|---|---|
| Grape Variety | Shiraz / Syrah |
| Wine Region | Rhône |
| Country | France |
| ABV | 13.0% |
| Oaked | Yes |
| Cork | Yes |
| Lifestyle | Organic |
| Volume | 75cl |
| Drink By | 2027 |
Dumazet Cornas Cuvée Charlemagne is a beautiful red wine that is hard to find because very little is produced and most of it is kept in France for friends of the winery and for selected restaurants. I managed to get hold of a few cases of the lovely 2015 vintage however and have just a few bottles left. Still drinking beautifully, this Syrah wine is made for keeping several years; now, around ten years on, it is really rounded. Tannins which the label calls “rustiques” are now beautifully soft and the wine very smooth. Dumazet Cornas Cuvée Charlemagne still has intense flavours of dark fruits like blackcurrant or cassis with savoury meaty and truffle notes, liquorice, white pepper and spices. Lovely!
Dumazet Cornas Cuvée Charlemagne is from a boutique wine estate known as Cave Dumazet or Marie-Paule Dumazet located in the Northern Rhone and run by the Dumazet family since 1978. It is run very traditionally with manual cultivation and picking due to very steep terraces in the vineyard and no chemicals added apart from extremely low levels of sulphur dioxide to help preserve the wine (this is done for most wines). Cornas is the most southerly part of the Northern Rhone and the appellation is for red wines only that must be 100% Syrah or Shiraz. It is comparable to Crozes Hermitage, Hermitage or St Joseph’s red wines; why not try M. Chapoutier’s Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers.
The producer suggests red meats, game, marinades and cheeses. It would be lovely with hearty stews and equally just poured and slowly savoured.
Serve at: 16 – 18°C
“Meaty and gamey with loads of olive tapenade, pepper and spiced dark fruit aromas and flavours.”
17 points – JancisRobinson.com – Nov 2019
“Tasted blind. Dark crimson. Refreshing liquorice mix. Soft, caressing tannins on the end. Already broachable – just the ticket!”
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