Pretty special wine here. Huge fruit but with a polished, fine, velvety texture that's singularly Allemand. Complex, long, and grand. In a nice spot but will continue to open up and improve.
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Allemand Chaillot survey (Chicago, IL): It was a bit controversial at the table, but I personally found this to be drinking better than the 2010 tonight. That's not to say that this was the better wine, but just that it was far more open for business today. It's definitely a heart-on-its-sleeve edition with very ripe, plush fruit on both the nose and palate, and yet it never goes over the top. There's plenty of classic syrah notes here, and while others at the table found the alcohol sticking out a bit, I thought this wine, albeit very large-scaled, to be very much in balance. And despite all the fruit here, there's still that silky Allemand texture (which, really, was in all the wines tonight, but is repetitive for me to write).
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Leathery, gamy, dark fruit bouquet. A powerful Cornas. Lots of rich fruit with slightly herbal undertaste. Tannic aftertaste. The whole thing is a little blunt and slightly unformed right now. Needs a lot of time to come together.
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Deep ruby color, a lovely mix of dried herbs, crushed fruit, and mild spice on the nose, Chaillot always seems to have more red fruit than Reynard, sometimes with a blueberry note. This vintage doesn't show that blueberry note, which is a good thing in my book, more deep raspberry/boysenberry, more of those dried herbs, hint of anise, relatively light on its feet for the vintage, showing medium full body at this point, with plenty of slightly chalky, gripping tannins, finishing with a complex mix of garrigue, dried herbs, anise. An early check in to see how the 2009 vintage is coming along, not a mistake to open, but still in need of several years to smooth out some of the structure, and start to show some tertiary development. Relatively restrained for a 2009.
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(Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot) Very dark red violet color; charcoal, tart black fruit, incipient bacon fat, tar nose; lovely, charcoal, tar, tart black fruit, pepper, mineral palate with balance; needs 3-4 years; long finish
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7/15/2023 - rc@ughey wrote: 94 Points
Pretty special wine here. Huge fruit but with a polished, fine, velvety texture that's singularly Allemand. Complex, long, and grand. In a nice spot but will continue to open up and improve.
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5/4/2023 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Allemand Chaillot survey (Chicago, IL): It was a bit controversial at the table, but I personally found this to be drinking better than the 2010 tonight. That's not to say that this was the better wine, but just that it was far more open for business today. It's definitely a heart-on-its-sleeve edition with very ripe, plush fruit on both the nose and palate, and yet it never goes over the top. There's plenty of classic syrah notes here, and while others at the table found the alcohol sticking out a bit, I thought this wine, albeit very large-scaled, to be very much in balance. And despite all the fruit here, there's still that silky Allemand texture (which, really, was in all the wines tonight, but is repetitive for me to write).
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9/20/2022 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 89 Points
Leathery, gamy, dark fruit bouquet. A powerful Cornas. Lots of rich fruit with slightly herbal undertaste. Tannic aftertaste.
The whole thing is a little blunt and slightly unformed right now. Needs a lot of time to come together.
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3/14/2022 - alanr wrote: 93 Points
Deep ruby color, a lovely mix of dried herbs, crushed fruit, and mild spice on the nose, Chaillot always seems to have more red fruit than Reynard, sometimes with a blueberry note. This vintage doesn't show that blueberry note, which is a good thing in my book, more deep raspberry/boysenberry, more of those dried herbs, hint of anise, relatively light on its feet for the vintage, showing medium full body at this point, with plenty of slightly chalky, gripping tannins, finishing with a complex mix of garrigue, dried herbs, anise. An early check in to see how the 2009 vintage is coming along, not a mistake to open, but still in need of several years to smooth out some of the structure, and start to show some tertiary development. Relatively restrained for a 2009.
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5/19/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Thats amazing. Red fruit and super elegant.
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