"94-96 Points, Jeb Dunnuck (Wine Advocate): "The most backward, dense and structured, the 2012 Cornas La Geynale, which was fermented with 100% whole cluster and aged 18 months in old oak, possesses an inky purple color to go with massive aromas and flavors of blackberry, blueberry, pen ink, liquid violets and searing minerality. Offering up a muscular, full-bodied, chewy and tannic profile on the palate, with stunning purity, this serious effort needs to be forgotten for 5-6 years, and will have over two decades of ultimate longevity.""
The average age of the vines which produce the fruit for La Geynale is 90-100 years old.
An up and coming superstar of Cornas, Vincent Paris manages his roughly 20-acre estate to produce three Cornas; the Granit 30, which comes from younger vines located lower on the slope, in the lieu-dit Mazards; the Granite 60, which includes the older vines of the estate (and comes from steeper, higher elevation slopes); and the La Geynale, which comes from a single plot of 100-year-old vines located mostly in the Renard lieu-dit (it is also the only wine to not see any destemming). With regards to the Granit 30 and Granit 60, the number refers to the slope of the hill where the vines are planted, not the age of the vines. While 2011 and 2012 produced a bevy of more forward, moderately concentrated wines, both of these 2011s and 2012s buck that trend and offer serious depth and richness. They’re some of the top wines in the appellation and readers need to get on this young vigneron’s bandwagon! (source: Wine Advocate)
