1998 Domaine Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard
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Score 89/100 · Jancis Robinson MW
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89/100
Jancis Robinson MW
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90+/100
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 90+/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Saturated ruby-purple. Superripe aromas of blackberry liqueur, crushed blueberry, bitter chocolate, animal fur and pepper, along with a leafy, vegetal suggestion of very young syrah. Huge but rather monolithic, even austere. Today the tannins come across as rather tough. This is showing little today beyond its spectacular aromas, but it is hard to believe that it won't ultimately match the Chaillot.
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Thierry Allemand
Allemand’s wines set the benchmark for Cornas: expressive Syrahs crafted with uncompromising traditional methods and released in tiny quantities. From the 1980s, he revived abandoned vineyards on Cornas’s steep granite slopes, building his domaine without inherited land or financial support.
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