2022 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot Region_Dao This is the estate's foundation

This is the estate's foundation red

Surrounded by three-meter-high walls

The resulting wine exhibits a dense yet lean mid-palate and a fine-grained tannic framework

Claude Riffault has gone from ‘rising star’ to one of the established leaders of his appellation

2022 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot Region_Dao This is the estate's foundationFranck 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