Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 so111725 take 2 and Yorkville Highlands

and Yorkville Highlands

Château Lagrange 2021 offers both tradition and excellence in one bottle

The largest and highest of Russo's contrade holdings

keeping the wine fresh despite its age

bright red berry

Thierry Allemand, Cornas Reynard [R], 2020 so111725 take 2 and Yorkville HighlandsThierry 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,