Auguste Clape, Cornas 2012 (1.5L) Burgundy Blanc I found the wine as

I found the wine as extraordinary as the 2013

at a similar quality level

smoke-tinged red and dark berry flavors deepen with air and pick up suggestions of spicecake and candied licorice

A highly expressive and very broad nose of superb aromatic complexity that includes earth

Auguste Clape, Cornas 2012 (1.5L) Burgundy Blanc I found the wine as98 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The Cornas of the vintage is Clapes 2012 Cornas. An incredible effort, its inky purple black color is followed by spectacular aromas and flavors of black raspberry, graphite, beef blood, iron, cedar and white pepper (among other things). This is Cornas at its finest, with insane aromatics, full bodied richness and massive concentration, yet at the same time staying elegant, seamless and gorgeously pure. Its more