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2016 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot

Colour: Red
Vintage: 2016
Region: Rhone
% Alcohol: 13.00
95 JR
93 JC
2016 Franck Balthazar, Cornas, Chaillot

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Tasting Notes and Scores

95 JR

Bright purple. Powerful, smoke-accented aromas of ripe dark berries, licorice, olive and incense on the deeply perfumed nose. Juicy and sharply delineated on the palate, offering concentrated, mineral-accented boysenberry, cherry liqueur and spicecake flavors that show alluring sweetness and no rough edges. In an ample but energetic style, finishing sweet and extremely long; building tannins contribute framework and youthful grip.

Josh Raynolds

Vinous

93 JC

More meaty and savory than the younger vintages I tasted, Balthazar's 2016 Cornas Chaillot still shows herbal notes and red currants. Medium to full-bodied, it's firm, chewy and long. Perhaps more classic in style than the 2017 or 2018, it was harvested on September 20, more than a week later than those warmer years.

Joe Czerwinski

Wine Advocate

2019-12-19

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