Castello del Terriccio, Lupicaia Size:6x750ml Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a

Clapes 2005 Cornas sports a still youthful ruby color to go with lots of crushed rock-like minerality

An exceptionally pure and refined nose of white flowers

full and very serious big-bodied and tautly muscular flavors supported by plenty of dry extract and superb length

This has softened and shows fine balance and length

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Castello del Terriccio, Lupicaia Size:6x750ml Clapes 2005 Cornas sports aThe balsamic notes are really starting to open up here in the 2009 Lupicaia. This wine has begun to come of age. This was a slightly cooler growing season, and this wine shows little of the ripe, fruit forwardness that marked many of the following vintages. There is a velvety side to this Lupicaia, with more textural looseness and openness in general.