Community Tasting Note

acyso wrote:

Friday, June 2, 2023 - Allemand Reynard survey (Chicago, IL): Well, akshually, this is now called the Cuvée R, as I guess the INAO wised up to the shenanigans at the winery. Anyway. I dunno. It's a barrel sample. Lots of black fruit, but not to the same extent as the 2018 on release; this is more lithe and elegant. There's more lift and acid here, even though this features a tannic wall that clamps down hard starting at the midpalate. But the complexity, and more importantly, the silky texture of Allemand is here and it's abundantly clear that while this isn't drinking excitingly today, this is a textbook bottle of Allemand that should develop very nicely in the years to come. If I'm to throw a comparison out there, maybe a hypothetical mix of 2009 and 2010?

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