Domaine Dumien-Serrette - Cornas "Patou" 2020 (750ml)
Price: $74.99
| Producer | Domaine Dumien-Serrette |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhône Valley |
| Varietal | Syrah |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 201082 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Dumien-Serrette Description
The history of Syrah on Cornas’ steeply graded slopes once went like this: generations-old families cherished the few ancient vines they had, usually selling their precious crop to the larger producers—Delas, Jaboulet, Chapoutier—upriver. Winemaker Nicholas Serrette’s father, Gilbert, did this for years until in the early 1980s, the family decided it was long time to try crafting a Cornas that best reflected their soils and their centuries of toil. (The Dumien family has lived and worked in Cornas since 1515.) Theirs is true Cornas—deeply colored, structured, profound. Knocking on the family’s weather-beaten cellar door, steps from the village center, reveals a practice that has not changed with time. Nicolas treads his organically raised grapes by foot, and presses them in an old-fashioned basket press: tradition is alive and well at Dumien-Serrette.
’Patou’ is the name of the family’s vineyard, under four acres facing southeast, located south of the village proper.
Tasting Note: Aromas of black cherries, boysenberries, light licorice, earth. Mouthfilling, suave yet grippy tannins; long finish.
Wine Pairing: Grilled pork sausages; game meat in red wine sauce; roast lamb
Vinous: 92 Points
Glass-staining violet. Deeply pitched, mineral-accented aromas of blackberry, cherry, game and violet are complemented by a suggestion of exotic spices. Youthfully chewy and appealingly sweet, offering intense black and blue fruit, floral pastille, smoky bacon and spicecake flavors, with a hint of salty olive. Finishes sweet, smoky and long, displaying finely etched mineral and floral pastille notes and steadily building tannins.
Wine Advocate: 89+ Points
Nicolas Serrette has turned out a mint-edged, slightly red-fruited 2020 Cornas Patou, with some darker hints of Ribena. From 80-year-old vines and aged in mainly older barrels, it's full-bodied and supple on the mid-palate, then finishes fresh and long, with an impressive complement of mouth-starching tannins. I found it decidedly less impressive than the 2019, but it could surprise.
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