Courbis, Cornas Sabarotte Size:12x750ml Shows unlikely vivacity for its

Shows unlikely vivacity for its brawn and finishes with superb energy and thrust

4% Petite Sirah and 2% Touriga Nacional

which hangs on with very good tenacity and echoing floral character

boasting a touch of talc

This borderline old school effort is sufficiently firmly structured to suggest that all of a decade will be necessary for it to arrive at its peak

Courbis, Cornas Sabarotte Size:12x750ml Shows unlikely vivacity for itsAn impressive effort thats still youthful and lively, the Courbis brothers 2003 Cornas La Sabarotte (which spent 18 months in 100% new French oak) offers knockout aromas and flavors of black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, new leather, charcoal and wild herbs. Medium to full bodied, with fabulous concentration and depth, it still needs another year or two, and will drink nicely through 2028.