2022 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot Region_DaoFranck Balthazar is a staunch traditionalist who makes unabashed vin de garde. Many collectors know once these elegant, impeccably farmed wines age around 10 years, they can go toe to toe with any other Rhne wine. When your Balthazar Cornas Chaillot is ready to drink, youll have paid a fraction of its worth. Balthazars Cornas Chaillot hails from 100 year old vines purchased from the legendary Nol Verset. This century old plot of Chaillot houses a rare
offering a Barolo that shows its perfume and approachability earlier while retaining the structure expected from Castiglione Falletto
though we're uncertain if we will be able to fall into that group as we can't seem to hold off ourselves
Claude Riffault has gone from ‘rising star’ to one of the established leaders of his appellation
characterized by its clay-limestone soils
founded Lenkey Pincészet in 1999
Surrounded by three-meter-high walls
The exact blend is 40% Corvina
The resulting wine exhibits a dense yet lean mid-palate and a fine-grained tannic framework
This is the estate's foundation red
Sourced from clay-limestone parcels across the Morta Maio and San Giovanni vineyards
wild intensity and a refined
yielded fruit with exceptional physiological ripeness and high acid retention