(Thierry Allemand Cornas "Sans Soufre") I thought it would be funny to bring a wine that has no sulfur to a dinner with a German winemaker. The first forty minutes this was open it was fantastic. Rich and ripe with great purity. I mean stunning purity. Not a hard edge to be found. Beguiling aromas of spice, red fruits, black fruits, purple fruits etc. There was also great mint and menthol along with some lovely wet earth. A complete nose that just sucked you in. But after and hour this wine fell off a cliff and did not close but just went downhill. Rough tannins, dilute fruit, hard edges everywhere and alcohol dominating, Like the picture of 2004 Allemand Sans Soufre was burned in the other room and this bottle just aged twenty years in in twenty seconds. Maybe needs sulfur?
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By Lyle Fass
(Thierry Allemand Cornas "Sans Soufre") I thought it would be funny to bring a wine that has no sulfur to a dinner with a German winemaker. The first forty minutes this was open it was fantastic. Rich and ripe with great purity. I mean stunning purity. Not a hard edge to be found. Beguiling aromas of spice, red fruits, black fruits, purple fruits etc. There was also great mint and menthol along with some lovely wet earth. A complete nose that just sucked you in. But after and hour this wine fell off a cliff and did not close but just went downhill. Rough tannins, dilute fruit, hard edges everywhere and alcohol dominating, Like the picture of 2004 Allemand Sans Soufre was burned in the other room and this bottle just aged twenty years in in twenty seconds. Maybe needs sulfur?1/25/2008, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)