2020 Franck Balthazar - Crozes-Hermitage (750ml)
Price: $38.99
Franck 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 Rhône wine. When your Balthazar Cornas Chaillot is ready to drink, you’ll have paid a fraction of its worth. Balthazar’s Cornas Chaillot hails from 100-year-old vines purchased from the legendary Noël Verset. This century-old plot of Chaillot houses a rare jewel: serine, the local name for an antique variety of smaller, more intensely aromatic Syrah that Northern Rhône growers prize above all else. Balthazar has since propagated clones throughout his vineyards. The Cuvée Casimir, from exuberant 10-year-old vines, drinks well earlier. The Crozes Hermitage bottling hails from 37 year old vines, and maceration lasts for 15 days; the wine is then kept in barrels for 10 months. Filtered. Expect a 6-10 year aging curve for this wine, which will become silkier, earthier, and nobler with each passing month.
- Producer: Franck Balthazar
- Country: France
- Region: Rhone
- Subregion: Northern Rhone
- Variety: Syrah
- Vintage: 2020
- Sku: 13001
- Size: 750ml
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