Gary F of Hi-Time Wine in Costa Mesa generously opened a bottle to sample over dinner for a few of us. Suffice to say, glad I tried it, but gonna keep my hands off them for awhile! (or not who knows, i’m a sucker for punishment). Very similar wine to the 2010 bottling in stuffing and structure sitting on top of a deep rich fruit core.
2015 Thierry Allemand Cornas Reynard- France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas (5/20/2018)
15 Allemand Reynard is an absolute bruiser. All that purple violet minerally intensity that allemand is known for is hiding underneath a thick mass of structure and tannin. You can shake loose some of that exotic blue and purple fruit on the palate, you can feel the intensity lurking under the waves. Hold off for now or decant for a long long time.
I was wondering when such nonsense would appear. I guess only a matter of time after we’ve seen reviews of Levet’s 15’s, Gerard 15’s, etcetera etcetera.
I purchased the majority of mine for sub $200. I’ve had some really egregious offers that were based purely on looking at wine searcher and then telling me a price, but in most part it’s been reasonable enough.
Run on sentence that would have resulted in a ‘D’ in 8th grade english class:
Based on my personal experience dating back to shortly after when Thierry worked for Robert Michel and moonlighted at his own property, I’m not opening any of mine until I call time, but, like others have said, all data points are welcome.
