Shay A

9.5

Opened for a buddy’s birthday, alongside a 2005 Tatty Comtes, 2015 Cristal, 2018 Realm Falstaff and 2023 Kobayashi M/R.

I still remember my first Allemand seven years ago and how it immediately reeled me in and every bottle since has been the exact same. The rusticity and feral nature of Cornas is why for me, as a Syrah fanboy, it’s the best and most pure region for this wonderful grape.

Removed cork about an hour before pouring. Initial notes of olive, black pepper spice and herbs, some smoked meat and a brief blood-orange citrus aromatic. Deep red/black in the glass. There’s a layer of brett (low level, adds to the intrigue, doesn’t detract) and lavender bouquet before peppered strip, herbs, raspberries and blackberries, and a sanguine tang hit the palate. Not sure of whole cluster use here but seems there’s a little bit (which I love). Wild but civilized. Medium-plus bodied with beautiful acidity and plenty of tannin for this to cruise years. On the early side, but these are so hard to resist in every phase.

I wish I could drink this every day. I need to find a wine of similar style at a better price point. — 2 months ago

Vlad Naum

9.0

Really nice blaufrankisch! — 7 years ago

Stephan Lappas

9.4

Österreich Autochthon.... Mega!!! Rotgipfler kann so genial sein. Bye the way, 96 Falstaff-Punkte. Absolut d'accord! — 8 years ago

Joe Flo

9.5

Needs a few more years. — 2 years ago

James Forsyth

9.5

Cough syrup, dark cherry — 6 years ago

with Mark, Julia and 1 other

Chris Stenseth

9.4

Wild pepper, raspberries, pomegranate and rose petals on the nose. Beautiful complexity and lingering finish. — 7 years ago

with Ulrik

Тамара Еланина

9.5

Выдка 20 мес в старых дубовых бочках
Falstaff 93
Насыщенный рубиновый цвет. В ароматике присутствует тон лакрицы,черных ягод,перца,сливы,табачные нотки. Вкус сочный и элегантный с гармоничными танинами и активной структурой — 9 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.3

Crisp and delicious. — 3 years ago

Connor Smith

9.2

Sanlúcar de Barrameda was the port that Christopher Columbus set off from in 1492. Just 1 year earlier, duties on wine exports from Sanlúcar had been abolished to take advantage of English merchants desperate for new supply after the loss of Bordeaux.

It began a centuries-long romance between Sherry and English wine lovers, as immortalized in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2, when Falstaff glorifies sturdy Spanish 'sack' over thin Bordeaux 'claret' and Rhine 'hock'.

But the honeymoon, quite literally, was not to last. Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon drove a wedge between England and Catholic Europe, and left English wine lovers in need of a new source once again. But Sherry fanatics wouldn't have to go entirely without. When Sir Francis Drake sailed into Cádiz and burned the Spanish fleet in 1587, he carried away 2,900 butts of Sherry - enough to supply London for years - as his most famous prize.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû’s Wines ‘History of Wine 1453AD-Present’ seminar, where this wine was poured) — 6 years ago

Brian Tuite

9.2

Really in a nice place! — 8 years ago