Jean-Luc Colombo La Louvée Cornas 2018

Lavishly floral compared to Colombo’s meatier, more earthen bottlings, La Louvée focuses on intensely ripe blackberry and blueberry flavors dusted with a shower of basalt and struck granite. Satiny on the palate and held upright by piercing black-currant acidity, this sleek, supple Syrah is ready now but should improve through 2035 and hold longer still. Editors’ Choice. Score – 96. (Anna Lee C. Iijima, Wine Enthusiast, Oct. 1, 2021)