Domaine Auguste Clape Le Vin des Amis Syrah 2016

Bob McDonald

Deep Ruby in colour with a youthful purple rim. Latent aromas Latent palate. Opened this too early. Hard to agree with Richard Hemming MW’s Drinking Window of 2017-2020. Ripe fruit - Full bodied - Barb thought it was Barossa. Ripe plums and blackfruits with slightly savoury Tannins. Very self contained needing more cellaring time to shine. After a couple of hours and with vigorous swirling came liquorice notes.

Jonathan Wall

Let that initial "odor" blow off and there is a dark, deep, velvety, wine underneath. It goes from barn to the ball. A Cinderella story...

John Willison

Brambly black fruit, earthy mid palate, blackberry finish.

Sylvain Rhainds

2016. Jeune mais bien fait. Ouverture 12 heures avant le repas.

Chris Grimm

Blackberry, raspberry, still has biting tannins after a good hour decant. Seriously delicious.

Anthony Lombardi

2016 Clape Vin Des Amis & Funkadelic. The perfect end to a busy, yet extremely enjoyable weekend. Briny nose & dark fruited palate play off the spacey funk of the record.

Brendan Baker

Inky, saturated color, dark fruits, crushed rock, garrigue, still quite primary

Josh

$40 soft Syrah, should be worth more! Low tannin. Drank in New York