Reynard
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 8 to 20 years from the vintage, allowing the intense, youthful tannins of the Syrah to soften and develop complex notes of leather, truffle, and black pepper.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-roasted leg of lamb with herbs, hearty wild boar or venison stew, and earthy wild mushroom risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the historic house of Paul Jaboulet Aîné, established in the Rhône Valley in 1834, this bottling highlights the rugged terroir of Cornas, specifically drawing from the esteemed Reynard lieu-dit. The name Cornas stems from a Celtic term meaning 'burnt earth,' a fitting description for these steep, south-facing granite terraces that absorb intense heat. Made from 100% Syrah, this wine embodies the wild, untamed character of the northern Rhône. The grapes are grown on sheer granite slopes, harvested by hand, and aged traditionally in French oak barrels. The resulting wine is deeply colored, powerful, and complex, showcasing the signature granite minerality, dark fruit, and savory, gamey undertones that define this legendary appellation.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1834 by Antoine Jaboulet on the sun-drenched granite slopes of Tain-l'Hermitage, Maison Paul Jaboulet Aîné stands as one of the Rhône Valley's most storied viticultural estates. Acquired in 2006 by the Frey family, the domain experienced a profound renaissance under the stewardship of master oenologist and viticulturist Caroline Frey, who converted its extensive Northern Rhône holdings to certified organic viticulture alongside rigorous biodynamic regimens. While globally renowned for its legendary Hermitage reds like La Chapelle, the estate crafts equally sublime white wines from premier terroirs spanning Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage, Condrieu, and the Southern Rhône. Here, Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Grenache Blanc are harvested at meticulous phenolic maturity from complex alluvial pebbles, loess, and fractured granitic soils. Vinified with gentle gravity flow, temperature-regulated fermentation, and judicious French oak contact on fine lees, Jaboulet whites—exemplified by Chevalier de Stérimberg, Domaine de Thalabert Mule Blanche, and Les Jalets Blanc—deliver exceptional minerality, textural waxiness, and refined age-worthy precision.
🍇 Grapes
100% Syrah