Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard (R) Syrah 2008
Ratings on Delectable
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Out of magnum, he says this is the best bottle of wine he ever produced. Story goes that in a terrible vintage he did everything he could to produce a minimal amount of wine and it turned out to be about a ton or a ton and a half. Incredibly concentrated, no signs of under ripeness, this wine was a monster, a baby that kept evolving in the glass, it was actually too big for me and the medicine I’m taking. Instant headache just from tasting and spitting. Crazy powerful. Reminiscent of Australia without the herbs. Power with finesse.
Out of magnum, he says this is the best bottle of wine he ever produced. Story goes that in a terrible vintage he did everything he could to produce a minimal amount of wine and it turned out to be about a ton or a ton and a half. Incredibly concentrated, no signs of under ripeness, this wine was a monster, a baby that kept evolving in the glass, it was actually too big for me and the medicine I’m taking. Instant headache just from tasting and spitting. Crazy powerful. Reminiscent of Australia without the herbs. Power with finesse.
10
Marc Stubblefield
Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant
This is still so tight and wrapped up, yet already compelling in the glass. All the things- dark blue fruit, leather, meat, smoke, rocks, flowers. A great wine now, I can only imagine this in another few years.
This is still so tight and wrapped up, yet already compelling in the glass. All the things- dark blue fruit, leather, meat, smoke, rocks, flowers. A great wine now, I can only imagine this in another few years.
9.6Thomas Pastuszak
Sommelier/Wine Director The NoMad
2008: from magnum, so much freshness, and great fruit & mineral weight, a favorite vintage
2008: from magnum, so much freshness, and great fruit & mineral weight, a favorite vintage
9.6
Julia Weinberg
Star of hrr14 syrah night, thank you raj v!
Star of hrr14 syrah night, thank you raj v!
9.5Julia Weinberg
Bloody lamb, cured olives, hatcho miso. And just goddamn delicious.
Bloody lamb, cured olives, hatcho miso. And just goddamn delicious.
9.9Nathaniel DiMaggio
A little brett up front that blew off but a wonderful wine.
A little brett up front that blew off but a wonderful wine.
9.0Bradley Brown
Owner/Winemaker Big Basin Vineyards
Intense and still really tight.
Intense and still really tight.
9.3
Anthony Cailan
Fucking stunning
Fucking stunning
9.8
Alder Yarrow
Wine Blogger Vinography
So damn good. Cassis and white pepper crushed stone and violets. Incredible crushed herbs float above the stony finish .
So damn good. Cassis and white pepper crushed stone and violets. Incredible crushed herbs float above the stony finish .
9.5
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