A dense, layered and well-built Cornas with aromas of cassis, plums, lychees, gunpowder and dried flowers. It's medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. So much texture with a freshness at the center. Vivid core of berries with a solid frame of tannins coating the palate. It's harmonious and flavorful, with a lift of pepper. Impressive concentration for the vintage. Try after 2025.

Perfumed cherry and spices are textured in this graceful version. Starts off glossy, but tannins take hold, giving a firm shape and focused finish. Black pepper, mocha and violet chime in, along with a sanguine thread of bacon fat and apple wood smoke. Alluring. Best from 2026 through 2040. - KB

The 2021 Cornas Renaissance checks in at 12.3% alcohol and is a charming, forward effort offering medium-bodied aromas and flavors of ripe red and blue fruits, pepper, and sappy herbs. It's balanced and has ripe tannins as well as the more focused texture of the vintage. Give it a year or two and enjoy over the following decade.

The medium-bodied 2021 Cornas Renaissance was bottled on the 24th of October 2023, just one week prior to my visit. Orange blossom and violet aromatics provide a floral lift, complemented by herbaceous elements, red plum and pencil shavings. Framed by refreshing acidity and neatly structured, I recommend readers give this complex Cornas two more years in bottle.