Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions_australia The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers a

The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers a very deep garnet color

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The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin

Here the expressive and more elegant nose is compositionally similar to that of the Vergers but with even more citrus character

In sum this is Nuits in style but a civilized Nuits

Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions_australia The 2010 Pontet-Canet offers aTasted 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.