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2020 Domaine Franck Balthazar "Cuvée Casimir Balthazar" Cornas

2020 Domaine Franck Balthazar "Cuvée Casimir Balthazar" Cornas

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Review Date: 12/2022

Shimmering ruby. Smoke- and mineral-accented cherry and black raspberry aromas are complemented by suggestions of botanical herbs, violet, smoked meat and cracked pepper. Lithe and gently chewy in texture, offering appealingly sweet, spice-tinged dark berry, kirsch and floral pastille flavors that are braced by a spine of juicy acidity. The spice carries through an impressively long, penetrating finish that shows fine clarity and slowly emerging tannins. (JR)

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Named for Franck's grandfather and the founder of the domaine, the Cuvée Casimir Balthazar is a blend of young plantings the Légre lieu-dit and older plantings in Les Mazards. John Livingstone-Learmonth for Cradle of the Rhône: "(600-litre cask) dark red colour; fresh wild strawberries with sweet appeal show on the nose, which is a touch herbal from the stems. The attack is supple, holds juicy red berry fruit, refined and mild tannins, clusters on a sweet, quiet finale, isn’t especially filled, doesn’t have the structure of 2019. It’s round, aromatic, rather delicate." (07/2021)

Product Details

Origin: Rhone, France

Type/Varietal: Rhone Blends

SKU: #1670886