Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 no20230524 Since day one the winemaking

Since day one the winemaking has been dead simple: grapes are pressed with an old wooden basket press

From California's oldest Syrah vines

and the perfect bridge between still wine and champagne

Jake discovers he may be the biggest target

Philippe took over in 2004 as the fourth generation connected to these vines—his great-grandfather was a barrel cooper who first bought vines in Morey

Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 no20230524 Since day one the winemakingThierry 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,