We tried these two ystrday at Pig+Fig from Blair's collection:
1. NoelVerset AC: Cornas (11%-14%; KermitLynch) Cornas 1989: Very dark some bricking color; rather earthy/dusty/OV bit rustic some smokey/Rhonish/mature fairly cedary/pencilly some complex/oldRhone/mature nose; fairly tart/tangy oldRhonish/smokey/bit pungent rather drying out fairly bretty/unclean no fruit pretty tired flavor w/ tired astringent tannins; long rather tired/dried out/astringent slight mature/oldRhone pretty bretty/unclean finish w/ light drying out tanins; a bit too bretty for my tastes; pretty much dead & gone, never to be seen again. $??
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2. Ch.de Fonsalette Syrah Reserve AC: CotesDuRhone (14%; MartinesWines/SanRafael) 1989: Very dark color w/ some bricking; rather musty fairly TCA/corked some bretty/unclean slight blackberry/Syrah/smokey slightly interesting nose; quite rustic/coarse/unclean/bretty fairly musty/TCA slight blackberry flavor w/ slight drying tannins; pretty much killed by the TCA. $22.00 (KK)
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More ackerbittle from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. I was expecting a lot more from the Cornas. But it just didn't have much left to offer up any pleasure. The TCA pretty much killed the Fonsalette.
Tom