Franck Balthazar Crozes-Hermitage 2015
Red
Crozes-Hermitage, France
7.3
WineSaint
Dark cherry and cassis surge from granite soils with earthy smoke threading through. The palate shows excellent tension. Firm, chalky tannins grip cleanly while maintaining elegant restraint. Less muscular than Balthazar's Cornas bottlings, but the mineral spine cuts deep and true.
dark cherrycassisgranite mineralityearthy smoke
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.