Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions_australia Has significant potential for ageing

Has significant potential for ageing

Almost reaching perfection

The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers a very deep garnet color

In any case

This too is explicitly built for the long haul and is a wine that’s going to need at least a decade first

Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions_australia Has significant potential for ageingTasted from demi muid, the 2018 Cornas Chaillot looks as if will rival the 2017. It features delicate tendrils of herbal and tea like complexity entwined with dark, cassis and blackberry fruit. Full bodied and rich, it seems velvety at first, then turns dusty and chewy on the lengthy finish. One for the cellar.