2016 Cornas Chaillot
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In Franck Balthazar's opinion, the 2016 vintage doesn't get the respect it deserves. He compares the wines, in terms of sheer quality, with the great 2010s. Balthazar hastens to add that the style of the two years is quite different, with "the 2010s structured and for the cellar while the 2016s are about excellent balance." That balance, he believes, will serve the wines well in the cellar, "but you aren't going to be obligated to hold them because of their freshness and fine tannins." Once again Balthazar has made some of the prettiest wines of not just Cornas but the whole northern Rhône.
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Readers who follow Franck Balthazar's elegant Cornas bottlings won't be surprised that the 2016 vintage played smoothly into his hands, stylistically. "There's very good concentration to the wines because of the low yields," he said, "but there's also freshness and energy so the wines don't exhibit heaviness." And calling the yields "low" here is an understatement, as Balthazar's old vines, in some of the best sites of the appellation, gave up a paltry 20 hectoliters per hectare versus the 32 hl/ha that they normally produce.
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