Franck Balthazar Cornas Sans Soufre Ajouté 2017

Red
Cornas, France
7.7
WineSaint

Gorgeous energy and mineral precision from this no-sulfur bottling. Wild cherry and blackberry flow with smoked meat, crushed herbs and graphite. Dense and structured, with firm tannins that need time to integrate. Pure, focused and built for the long haul.

wild cherrysmoked meatcrushed herbsgraphite
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.