Domaine Thierry Allemand

Thierry Allemand was not born into a family with a winemaking history or ownership of a domaine. He entered the wine world at a very young age, and after working for a few years at Robert Michel’s estate, he acquired his first plot in 1981 and spent his weekends planting it with vines. Since then, he has gradually acquired additional land, with the highlight being a fine parcel of 1.7 hectares of old vines in the Reynard climat, which previously belonged to Noël Verset, bringing his total holdings to 3.4 hectares today.

Although Thierry Allemand belongs to the younger generation in Cornas, he holds traditional views on how wines should be made. Low yields are essential for quality, and he ensures that he applies green harvesting at the moment the fruit changes color. The vinification process aims to produce wines with structure, density, and power, but also with a great degree of flesh, ripeness, and charm. Fermentation is conducted with whole clusters, and the wines are transferred partly to barrels and partly to stainless steel for aging, which lasts 12 to 18 months. No new oak is used, as he doesn’t believe in using new wood for making Cornas. Finally, the wines are racked by gravity and bottled without being filtered.

Thierry’s son Théo has been assisting him in every aspect of winemaking and took care of the 2020 vintage.