Cornas & St-Péray 2024: A vintage that yielded wines of charm and elegance

White pepper, violets and garrigue herbs – this is so detailed and appealing. Light-bodied, so fresh and drinkable, displaying sublime elegance, precision and finesse. I would drink young, but there's no hurry.

Intense, smoky and intriguing nose. Lovely concentration and purity of fruit with fine tannins, palate freshness and good length. Really elegant, a great success of the vintage, this is ripe, concentrated, fine and balanced. Will drink young and age into the medium term.

Concentrated, powerful, rich in fruit and very fine. Higher alcohol than most 2024s, but it suits the rich, velvety, elegant and stylish feel. Pure and attractive, the structure is fine enough for the wine to be drinking now but also to keep. Good freshness and balance, showing inky, pure black fruit. Compact but not light, with good energy. Granite soils, 30-year-old vines, 30% whole bunch and 30% new oak.

Smells of coffee bean, vanilla and nutmeg. Fairly full-bodied and velvety, with powerful grip, good acidity and snappy tannins. Wood smoke runs through it, ending on juicy raspberry and blackberry. A very precise, detailed and transparent style of Cornas; saline and granitic. Vines are 80 years of age, fermented in concrete, aged in used barriques.

Juicy, fresh, compact, with good energy and freshness. Vibrant and crunchy, some reduction on opening, so decant this if drinking young. Very Cornas in structure, with deeply etched beams of tannin and bright acidity running through it. Not a massive Cornas, but an energetic, cleansing one. Aged in demi-muids.

Herbal juniper, rosemary, red fruits and spice. Good acidity and an edge to the tannins, so very Cornas in that respect, albeit in a lighter, more compact style to a typical year. Good length, transparency and detail.

Lovely herbal nose, complex and inviting, with black leaf tea on the palate. Concentrated, fresh, detailed and long; this is very good and a real winner of the vintage. A fresh, compact, traditional style of Cornas that will age with interest on its fine balance. Young vines grown at 320m, destemmed but not crushed, aged in barriques.

Juicy raspberry, thyme and rosemary. Not hugely concentrated but lovely freshness and vibrant acidity, with enjoyably edgy Cornas tannins. Very structural, tannic and salty. A bit more tannin than fruit, so this is one for tannin lovers. Fruit was all destemmed, aged in used barrels.

Smoky, evoking singed herbs. Lovely freshness on the palate, loads of energy and zesty acidity. Tight, tense, tannic and intense, this is a snappy, crunchy style of Cornas with bite – be aware, it's very tannic! 70% destemmed fruit, natural yeasts, aged in recent but not new barrels.

Good sense of freshness and precision; very tannic, with real grip and edge. Vibrant forest berry fruit and a granitic edge on the salty finish, this is an athletic, punchy style from a south-facing slope in the south of the appellation. Destemmed fruit, fermented in concrete, aged in barrel, 10% new.

Fresh herbs and red berries, juniper and bay leaf. A light-bodied, approachable and crunchy, tight Cornas with zesty acidity. Compact in structure, this is a fresh, early-drinking style that's delightfully drinkable.

Bright, fresh and herbal nose. Good definition with very Cornas tannins that are enjoyably edgy. Good length and energy, not hugely long but fine and refreshing.

Vibrant in colour, this is showing blueberry and violet aromas. It’s medium-bodied but with quite tight, grippy, grainy tannins. Perhaps it lacks just a bit of concentration compared to some of the domaine’s other Sélection Parcellaires cuvées, and the tannins aren't quite as ripe, but it has well balanced acidity. It might take on weight with maturation, however. These grapes were the last to be harvested, on 4 October, as it's a very windy site. The vines are massale selection from Les Bessards; oldest vines are 25 years old, and it saw 10% whole bunch.

Good sense of volume and concentration; fresh, too, with grippy, cleansing tannins. All the elements are here, they just need time to come together; should be good when it's ready.

Light-bodied, compact style. Well balanced and quite advanced, so I would drink young. Enjoyably complex herbal aromatics, possesses classic Côte Blonde aromatics and fine tannins.

Brambly fruit, there's blackberry bush scents along with the berry fruit. Good acidity, ripe and balanced; has more structure and concentration than some 2024s. Persistent finish featuring pepper and juniper. A fine, delicate and drinkable Côte-Rôtie that will become Pinot-like with age.