Franck Balthazar Cornas Chaillot 2020
Red
Cornas, France
9.3
WineSaint
Dense and brooding from century-old vines, with black fruit, tar and cracked pepper building in waves. The palate shows serious weight and grip, with granite-like minerality cutting through layers of dark spice. Formidable tannins demand patience. Built for decades.
black fruittarcracked peppergranite minerality
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.