Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions This Zinfandel blend (with 23%

This Zinfandel blend (with 23% Petite Sirah and 6% Carignan) has an intense purple juiciness

Eighty percent of the wine spent a year in new oak barrels

The oak is just about integrated

Note that this is very firmly structured and in need of at least a decade of keeping and should reward almost two

Franck Balthazar, Cornas Chaillot other_regions This Zinfandel blend (with 23%Tasted 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.