1999 Domaine Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard
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The 1999 Cornas Reynard is sen-bloomin’-sational. It offers dark berry fruit, pencil box and subtle hung-game scents on a nose that maintains stunning definition. Hints of iris emerge with time. The palate is quite tannic with a firm backbone, yet it is supremely well balanced as the vivid, more red-fruited finish disarms with its purity. This Cornas grows in the glass, meliorating with every minute, so do not be afraid to decant it for three or four hours.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin
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this too is powerful, but here the substantial dusty tannins seem riper and more pliant, and make their presence felt much later. Allemand says this wine, as well, could use more finesse, and also feels the Reynard is in the process of closing down in bottle, but I'm impressed nonetheless. Jan 2002, www.vinous.com
About the producer
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.