Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 no20230524 and pear layered over crushed

and pear layered over crushed stone

Jake discovers he may be the biggest target

and the perfect bridge between still wine and champagne

and these old vines deliver great concentration with smooth

an American who moved to the Langhe in 2011 and has worked at several historic Langhe estates including Bartolo Mascarello (alongside Maria Teresa Mascarello)

Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 no20230524 and pear layered over crushedThierry Allemand didn't inherit Cornas he rebuilt it, buying up scraps of abandoned terrace in the 1980s and restacking the granite walls by hand while the appellation was still an afterthought. Reynard is the summit of that work: a steep, southeast facing granite cru planted to ancient Syrah, some of it well over a century old, farmed with an obsessiveness that borders on the monastic. The winemaking is famously plain 100% Syrah, whole clusters,