deep and tightly wound

yet the overall impression is rather one of refinement

and particularly so for the 2018 vintage

Thierry Allemand has been working the steep slopes just outside the town of Cornas since 1982

Anne-Francoise Gros, Echezeaux other_regions deep and tightly wound(from a . 26 ha parcel of vines planted in 1931 in the climat Champs Traversin, which is occasionally referred to as Le Petit Cteaux). A beautifully well layered nose offers up an abundance of spice and floral elements that add plenty of breadth to the mostly red berry liqueur scents. The seductively textured big bodied flavors coat the palate with sappy dry extract that does a fine job of buffering the firm tannic spine shaping the lush, opulent and