Jean-Luc Colombo : Terres Brûlées 2012

The 2012 Cornas Les Terres Brûlées is a soft, sexy and forward effort that offers plenty of truffle, wild herb, peppered meat and sweet, darker-styled fruit. It’s a hedonistic, well-made Cornas to drink over the coming decade.

Packed with dark plum, blackberry and anise notes at the core, laced with bay, sweet tapenade and iron on the finish. This has heft and cut, energy and length. Should cellar well. Best from 2016 through 2022. 1,700 cases made.