Guillaume Gilles Cornas R Les Rieux 2019
Red
Cornas, France
8.0
WineSaint
Inky fruit and crushed violets pour from the glass with impressive mineral backbone. The high-altitude Rieux site delivers both concentration and elegance, weaving licorice and smoky cedar through a core of dark berry fruit. Polished tannins provide structure without heaviness. The finish lingers with bitter chocolate and stone-like precision.
dark berryvioletlicoricebitter chocolate
Label
Guillaume Gilles
→Guillaume Gilles is a small Cornas producer working the granite slopes of the northern Rhône, making structured, site-specific Syrah that reflects the appellation's increasingly refined identity.