That is it!!! I was going to keep a lid on this but this is getting crazy! In the past few months, a smattering of Thierry Allemand Reynard Cornas have been auctioned at K&L ranging from mid-90-'s to 2006’s. The hammer prices for these have been crazy! 3-bottles of 1998 Allemand are now $905 at K&L and the auction has not yet even ended!!
This makes me quite pessimistic as I have been collection Allemand for about 8 years now and the prices have gone up considerably, and from the looks of it, will continue to go up in the future…
wtf? we already knew n. rhone was hot, but these are legitimately shocking prices. predictable maybe, but also disappointing (as someone who loves these wines but doesn’t have many of them; i was hoping to be an annual buyer…).
Maybe we had our first at the same time… an offline in SF earlier this year? It was a fantastic wine, but I made a conscious decision not to chase them.
Yes, that was when I first tasted it. I’ve tasted two more since at a tasting at Arlequin and they were impressive, but now out of my price range. If only I had found them when they were still <$100 (which apparently wasn’t that long ago…)
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Sorry for bringing that bottle and leading you down this path… ![[wink.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/04707e6a7bbb03e0153e349d8a9270d30e1e9525.gif "wink"){kind=small}