Vincent Paris Cornas La Geynale 2023 NO20230705 Maître de Chai's house style

Maître de Chai's house style — no new oak

They only began distilling their own grapes in the 1970s under Gaston Béraut

The nose is fresh and layered

it delivers succulent richness with nectarine fruit

Vincent Paris Cornas La Geynale 2023 NO20230705 Maître de Chai's house styleCornas has changed. The appellation used to make "country wine" dark, brooding, sometimes inelegant and the new generation has remade it into something that stands shoulder to shoulder with Hermitage and Cte Rtie. La Geynale is Vincent Paris's flagship, made from his uncle Robert Michel's 100 year old parcel in one of Cornas's top terroirs. This is the inheritance wine single vineyard, the apex of his lineup. It is not light, but it is certainly fresh