2023 Côtes du Rhône, Franck Balthazar, Rhône

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2023 Côtes du Rhône, Franck Balthazar, RhôneOnce again, Franck has made a truly delicious Ctes du Rhne in 2023. The nose is fine and intense with focused, dark, blackcurrant and black cherry fruit. The wonder of this wine though always lies in its pure minerality which brings such refinement to the silky fruit and powdery tannins. A lovely fresh, almost tangerine, note cuts through on the concentrated, fine and utterly delicious finish. This really is not to be missed, if you are quick enough

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in different glasses and at various intervals after the bottle was open

it is consistently a wine of immense drinking pleasure and in an excellent year like 2013 that appeal has

fat mouthfeel of honey

Plenty of Cheval signature in its classicism and balance

This has lived up to every expectation in 2007 and will surely be considered as one of the truly great d'Yquems of all time

Drink 2020-2025

buttered toast and white pepper

in terms of its aromatic complexity

and the wine saw just 18 months in Garbellotto botti before returning to cement

its 2006 manifestation cleaving the traditional to the modern with powerful French oak tannins framing a magnificent savoury personality

An amazing wine and one of the better Clos Hauserer renditions in a long time