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As Jeb Dunnuck describes it, "2018 is a brilliant vintage" for the Northern Rhone, producing "big, rich wines [that] stay light on their feet and avoid being over the top or heavy." In other words, it offers everything fans and collectors are looking for, all displayed in abundance in this pair of thrilling 2018s from Domaine Courbis.
"The Courbis brothers continue to keep this estate near the top of the hierarchy in the Northern Rhône, and they’ve made brilliant wines in 2017 and 2018 ... these wines never lose their sense of place and are pure, beautiful expressions of the individual parcels."
- Jeb Dunnuck
The vintage played perfectly into the stylistic wheelhouse of Laurent Courbis, whose wines are highly regarded for their opulent, modern character and immensely pleasurable profiles. The domaine's flagship Cornas bottlings hit long-ball homeruns in 2018, notching head-turning accolades from across the critical press, led by the sub-$60, JD98 Les Eygats. Dunnuck calls it "full-bodied, multidimensional, [and] seamless," placing it among elite company such as Chapoutier's L'Ermite and Le Pavillon Ermitage reds, and Jaboulet's Hermitage La Chapelle, but at a fraction of their three-digit prices. Not to be missed, the sub-$40, JD95 Les Royes St-Joseph is one of the great value propositions in the appellation, thanks to its "flawless balance, silky tannins, and remarkable purity."
Best of all, these pristinely aged library gems are just now starting to show their true colors and will shine for well beyond the next decade, so patient collectors and impatient hedonists alike will find much to love in this pair, especially at our market-best, exclusive pricing for our private clients.
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