Domain Auguste Clape Cornas 2011 Magnum
The 2011 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas is a red wine from the Cornas appellation in the Rhône Valley, crafted by Domaine Auguste Clape from 100% Syrah. The Wine Advocate awards it 94/100 and places its maturity from 2015 to 2030; Jancis Robinson scores it 17.5/20, with a drinking window from 2022 to 2034. Critics describe a still-youthful Syrah with red fruit, leather and dry herb nuances, supported by a broad, velvety texture and a long, elegant finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Rhone
- Appellation
- Cornas
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Auguste Clape
- Millésime
- 2011
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Syrah
Domaine Auguste Clape
The Auguste Clape estate is a family-run business based in Cornas, in the Ardèche, in the northern Rhône. Olivier Clape is now the owner and oversees the winemaking. The vineyard, spread across Cornas, Saint-Péray, Côtes-du-Rhône and Vin de France, comprises plots on granite-rich hillsides and vines of Syrah, Marsanne and Roussanne.
- Owner
- Olivier Clape
- Maître de chais
- Olivier Clape
- Surface (ha)
- 8.80 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 35 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s historic buildings date back to the early 19th century and were then surrounded by arable land. The Frugier family cultivated both vines and cereals there in turn. Phylloxera reached Cornas in 1865 and destroyed a large part of the vineyard; Henri Frugier replanted two hectares from 1890 onwards. After the First World War, vine cultivation declined once again in favour of cereal crops. In 1925, Antoinette Frugier inherited the estate and sold the wine produced there to wine merchants in Saint-Péray and to restaurants in Valence. In 1949, her daughter Ariette took over the estate with her husband Auguste Clape; the couple then had four hectares of vines. Together with other Cornas winegrowers, they helped establish a wine market in 1955, a period which marked the start of bottling on the estate. The wines then began to be sold in Lyon and, from 1970, exported. In 1975, Auguste Clape invested in agricultural machinery to plant vines on the hillsides, whilst other crops were gradually phased out. Pierre-Marie Clape joined the estate in 1988, followed by his son Olivier in 2002. Following the deaths of Auguste Clape in 2018 and Pierre-Marie Clape in 2025, Olivier Clape has continued to run the estate and produce the wines on his own.
