Franck Balthazar Saint-Pèray 2018
White
Saint-Péray, France
7.9
WineSaint
Dusty stone and bitter citrus peel drive this textural, no-sulfur Saint-Péray. White peach and ginger spice build through the mid-palate, finishing with impressive sappiness and mineral grip. Nine-year-old barrel aging adds subtle roundness without masking the wine's crystalline precision.
white peachcitrus peelgingerdusty minerals
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.