Domaine Lionnet Cornas 'Pur Granit' 2022 Size:750ml 28 hectares in Les Fremières

28 hectares in Les Fremières

and Forey always wrests a wine of refined power from these old vines

the workhorse Blanc de Noirs Brut is 100% Pinot Noir from the area’s distinctive Kimmeridgian soils

Recent vintages that have seen the release of a Moelleux Réserve are: 2016 '15

showing a firm mineral backbone and much greater length on the palate

Domaine Lionnet Cornas 'Pur Granit' 2022 Size:750ml 28 hectares in Les FremièresFrom a southeast facing one hectare parcel of selection massale Syrah, planted between 2008 and 2011, in the vineyard of Saint Pierre at 380 meters altitude. The combination of high altitude and pure granite soil (hence the name) yields a taut, racy Cornas of remarkable focus and mineral purity. This offers penetrating spicy aromatics and intense stoniness on the palate, with a sense of real concentration that is remarkable given the vines youth. This