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Cornas Reynard Allemand 2005
HED97325
75 cl
13%
£395.00
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Domaine Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard 2005 is a full-bodied, single-vineyard red wine produced from Syrah grapes in the Cornas appellation of the northern Rhône Valley. The quiet hero of Cornas, Thierry Allemand is a committed traditionalist working with minimal sulphur to produce terroir-driven Syrahs that have slowly but surely achieved a sort of cult status. His Reynard cuvée is produced from his oldest Syrah vines. "Densely packed, with tar, olive and maduro tobacco notes up front, holding the massive core of braised fig, plum sauce and tar at bay for now. The muscular finish shows flashes of iron, garrigue and graphite." Wine Spectator, 2009
95
Vinous
(this is essentially the Chaillot with the addition of old-vines Reynard) Opaque purple. Explosive, room-filling bouquet of ripe blue and black fruits, fresh flowers, Asian spices and smoky minerals. Deep, sweet and velvety, with bracing cassis and boysenberry flavors, amazing mineral lift and hefty but fine-grained tannins. Extremely impressive and built to repay extended cellaring. (Allemand's 2006s were scheduled to be bottled in early December, two weeks after my visit. I tasted three stunning lots, with the Reynard especially palate-staining, but Allemand had not yet decided how he could combine these three components into two bottlings.)
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