2022 Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot Rhone, France Clos Des Grillons 5 hectare plot from the

5 hectare plot from the middle and lower sections of the Chardonnay blocks planted in 1988

finishing long and saline

with red fruit aromas alongside notes of peonies and white flowers

The vines are 50% 70 years old and 50% 20 years old and they are located just outside the village of Montreuil-Bellay

Sandy soils

2022 Thierry Allemand Cornas Chaillot Rhone, France Clos Des Grillons 5 hectare plot from theFrom hand worked granite terraces on the Chaillot slope, this is 100% Syrah fermented whole cluster with native yeasts and aged about two years in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur, the 2022 is a benchmark Cornasviolet, graphite, and black cherry over smoke and crushed rockdense yet vividly pure.