Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Thierry Allemand |
Label Name: | Cornas Reynard |
Vintage: | 2019 |
Country: | France |
Region: | Cornas, Northern Rhône |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.5% |
Grape(s): | Syrah |
Acidity: | 4 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Vinous 98 (Josh Raynolds) ; Jeb Dunnuck 97+ ; Jancis Robinson 18. 5/20 (Alistair Cooper)
Tasting Note
Intensely perfumed black and blue fruits, candied licorice, violets and exotic spice with olive and smoky-bacon savory notes. Concentrated blackberry/cassis, vibrant mineral lift, juicy acidity, polished yet firm tannins and a long saline finish.
Food Pairing
Western: roast lamb, braised beef, venison, cassoulet, grilled ribeye, aged hard cheeses. Asian: Peking duck, Korean BBQ (bulgogi, galbi), char siu, Sichuan-style beef, grilled miso aubergine.
Production Method
Minimal-intervention: 100% Syrah, gentle punch-downs (no pumping-over), slow ferment, gravity transfer; matured 18–24 months in used barrels and foudres, little/no new oak and low SO2 at blending.
Vineyard Info
Domaine Thierry Allemand — small, cult Cornas domaine founded in the 1980s. ~4–5 ha across Chaillot and Reynard lieux-dits; Reynard is the old-vine flagship. Organic practices, whole-cluster work and limited production.