Domaine Auguste Clape - Le Vin Des Amis Rouge 2022
Price: $53.99
| Producer | Domaine Auguste Clape |
 | |
| Country | France |
| |
| Region | Rhone Valley |
| |
| Subregion | Vin de Table |
| |
| Varietal | syrah |
| |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| |
| Sku | 33793 |
| |
|
James Suckling: 92 Points
A juicy, precise and delicious syrah with dark cherries, berries, dried herbs and warm spices. Medium-bodied with fine, firm tannins. It's dense and focused, with brightness at the center. Vivid with loads of dark cherry character and black pepper in the lively finish. Drink or hold.
Vinous: 90 Points
The 2022 Vin des Amis mixes grapes from three different parcels with an average vine age of 40 years. Moderately intense orange blossom aromas rise up from the glass, complemented by raspberry jam nuances and stemmy undertones. Offering more substance and concentration than the 2021 rendition, the 2022 Vin des Amis is a crowd-pleaser.
Jeb Dunnuck
A cuvée that's always delicious and worth seeking out, the 2022 Vin De Pays Le Vin Des Amis has gamey blue and red fruits as well as classic bacon fat and violet, peppery nuances. It's medium-bodied, balanced, and has a solid sense of elegance on the palate. It will drink nicely for 4-6 years or more. I was thrilled to be able to retaste the 2020s during my visit with Pierre-Marie Clape, and it’s safe to say I underrated these last year. They’ve have morphed into heavenly wines that are unquestionably in the same league as the estate 2010s, 2018s, and 2019s. The 2021s here have pure, classic, old school-like profiles with more moderate concentration and depth, but good balance as well as length. Harkening back to wines from the 1980s, they’re already approachable yet should have 10-15 years of interesting drinking.
