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Tasting notes
Score 96/100 · Drink 2024-2032, Josh Raynolds, Apr 2018

Deep lurid ruby. Heady, smoke- and spice-accented boysenberry, cherry liqueur and violet aromas show excellent clarity and pick up a hint of olive with aeration. Sweet and broad on the palate, offering deeply concentrated yet energetic dark berry preserve, cola and floral pastille flavors, plus a suggestion of spicecake. The extremely long, velvety finish features an echo of juicy, sweet blue fruit and harmonious tannins that come in late.

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Critic scores
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Josh Raynolds

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95/100

Josh Raynolds

More reviews and scores

95 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 95/100 · Josh Raynolds, Feb 2017

(made with no new oak): Bright violet color. Mineral- and spice-accented cherry, black raspberry, incense and violet on the intensely perfumed nose. Deeply concentrated but lively as well, offering palate-staining dark berry preserve, spicecake, floral pastille and olive flavors that spread out steadily on the back half. Blends power and vivacity with a deft hand and finishes sweet and extremely long, with silky tannins folding quickly into the wine's juicy, focused dark fruit.

94.5 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 94.5/100 · Josh Raynolds, Mar 2016

Bright purple. Suave, mineral-accented scents of black raspberry, black currant and Asian spices, joined by a slowly emerging floral component. Pure, elegant and lively on the palate, displaying excellent lift and focus to the sappy red and dark berry flavors. Finishes extremely long, broad and sweet, with intense mineral thrust, a subtle cracked pepper flourish and smooth tannins.

93 - 96 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 93-96/100 · Josh Raynolds

About the producer

Thierry Allemand
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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Product details

Grape Blend

Syrah / Shiraz

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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