Franck Balthazar Cornas Chaillot Cuvee Speciale 2009
Red
Cornas, France
8.0
WineSaint
The palate shows serious weight and concentration, delivering dark fruit intensity wrapped in firm but ripe tannins. Impressive length carries notes of cracked pepper and sweet spice. The 14. 3% alcohol feels perfectly integrated into this structured, cellar-worthy Cornas.
wild cherrycrushed violetssmoky mineralitycracked pepper
Label
Franck Balthazar
→Franck Balthazar makes small-production Cornas from old vines on the granite slopes above the village, working with minimal intervention and bottling several distinct cuvées from different parcels and vine ages.