2020 Domaine Johann Michel Cornas Cuvee Jana Rhone France

Winemaker Notes
Cuvée Jana displays black raspberry aromas, licorice, sizzled bacon and smoke. Elegant and pure, with depth and well-integrated tannins.

Press
Rated 97 Points Vinous
Dark purple. Highly perfumed, oak-spiced black and blue fruits, incense, vanilla and potpourri on the hugely perfumed nose, along with hints of licorice, smoked meat and mocha. Stains the palate with concentrated, spice-laced blueberry, cassis, cherry-vanilla and espresso flavors that turn sweeter as the wine opens up. Broad, polished tannins add shape to a strikingly long, smoke- and spice-driven finish that strongly echoes the floral and blue fruit notes.

Rated 96 Points Jeb Dunnuck
A smaller production release, the 2020 Cornas Cuvée Jana is deep purple-hued and gives up a more reticent nose of black cherries and darker fruits supported by notes of scorched earth, graphite, and bloody meat. This rich, concentrated beauty has massive concentration, building yet ripe, velvety tannins, and a great, great finish. It's another heavenly Cornas from this estate that readers will absolutely love to have in their cellar.