2017 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot - Double Magnum Producer_Noel Bazin preserving the nerve and acidity

preserving the nerve and acidity essential for structural balance

a geologically distinct site that forces the Chenin Blanc vines to develop deep roots and a signature mineral-driven tension

is defined by active limestone soils that act as the primary architect of the wine’s profound mineral-driven tension

2% alcohol level and a high-acid core that yields a vertical

but his grandfather was none other than renowned Cornas vigneron Marcel Juge

2017 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot - Double Magnum Producer_Noel Bazin preserving the nerve and acidityFranck Balthazar is one of the quiet legends of Cornas, farming old vines on the steep terraces above the village and working with a restrained, traditional hand: whole clusters, native fermentations, and aging in mostly older barrels. His wines are produced in very small quantities and rarely appear outside the Rhne, making bottles like this increasingly difficult to find. Chaillot comes from hillside parcels just above Cornas, where thin soils over