Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 vegan The Red Mountain AVA wines

The Red Mountain AVA wines were barrel aged in 100% neutral American and French oak for 11 months

Austere in its youth

Elegantly structured and impeccably balanced

Bernard Gauvain is one of the Hospices’ most generous benefactors

The Bench is managed with no-tillage and planted with permanent cover crops that include a grass blend of ryegrass

Domaine Auguste Clape, Syrah, Cornas, Northern Rhône, France 2018 vegan The Red Mountain AVA winesClapes Cornas is produced from a collection of old vine parcels from the very best lieux dits in the appellation including Sabarotte, La Cte, and Reynard. In these strikingly steep sites, gnarled head trained Syrah vines must send their roots deep into poor granite soils for survival. The old vine fruit is vinified without destemming and aged in large, ancient wooden casks in the family cellars. It produces a majestically dark and brooding Cornas,