The opaque purple-colored, full-bodied, chewy 2000 Cornas Cuvee Prestige reveals copious quantities of black currant fruit and liquified minerals as well as a muscular structure with well-integrated tannin. This is one of the most impressive efforts from this so-so vintage in the northern Rhone. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2014.Importer: A Jocelyn Cambier Selection, Appellation Imports, Annapolis Junction, MD; tel. (800) 221-9916

The impressively-endowed 1996 Cornas Cuvee Prestige exhibits a saturated purple color, as well as classic cassis aromas intermixed with tar and spice. Powerful, rich, and ripe, with good acidity, this pure, concentrated Cornas will be at its finest between 2001-2012.No known American importer.