Johann Michel, Cornas Mere Michel Vintage:2017 In this tasting

In this tasting

the wine is medium to full-bodied and framed by ripe tannins that feel somewhere between velvet and silk on the lingering finish

Discreet though still easily perceptible wood surrounds the spicier aromas of red berries

with intense flavors of cherry-cola

pushing the fruit to the background

Johann Michel, Cornas Mere Michel Vintage:2017 In this tastingShades of crushed granite, cacao and leather lend earthen, savory complexities to this gorgeously raw, rustic Cornas. Black plum and cherry flavors are ripe and concentrated, edged by firm, fiery tannins. It needs a bit of time to soften and meld but should improve well through 2037. Anna Lee C. Iijima