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"Balthazar’s wines have quickly ascended to the top ranks of Cornas... Made with whole clusters and, basically, no new wood, these are among the appellation’s most graceful wines, regardless of the year, and pricing is a gift compared to what’s going on across the region. Balthazar is blessed with many old vines – plenty of them over a century old – in some of the village’s best sites."
Josh Raynolds, vinous.com
All wines below are available now at our special offer prices for the next 7 days only. To place your order simply click on the links below or return the attached form, by email, by fax on 03 9419 6970 or call us on 03 9419 6990.
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2021 Cotes-du-Rhone
Usually $59 - Special Offer $54
Clear red robe; red cherry, light herbal airs in an alert bouquet. This is spiced, gourmand, easy flow wine, nice and relaxed, the tannins well inside, will be popular. There are floral dabs at the end, a rounded finale.
3.5 Stars
John Livingstone-Learmonth, Drink Rhone
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2020 Cornas 'Cuvee Casimir Balthazar'
Usually $219 - Special Offer $205
"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."
95 Points
Josh Raynolds, vinous.com
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2020 Cornas 'Sans Soufre Ajoute'
Usually $299 - Special Offer $279
"Deep, shimmering ruby. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes ripe black and blue fruits, incense and potpourri, while olive and exotic spice nuances emerge with aeration. Palate-staining cassis, kirsch, spicecake and olive flavors show outstanding detail and are sharpened by a smoky mineral flourish. A core of juicy acidity lends freshness to the strikingly long, penetrating and smoky finish, which features polished tannins and resonating floral and spice notes."
95 Points
Josh Raynolds, vinous.com
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2020 Cornas 'Chaillot'
Usually $299 - Special Offer $279
"Glass-staining ruby. Exotically perfumed black and blue fruit, incense and candied licorice scents, along with mineral, olive and exotic spice overtones. Seamless and expansive on the palate, offering deeply concentrated yet lively blackberry, boysenberry, cherry-cola, salty olive and floral pastille flavors that show outstanding energy and mineral lift. Slow-building tannins grow on a strikingly long, focused finish that strongly echoes the licorice and mineral notes."
97 Points
Josh Raynolds, vinous.com
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These wines are available now at our special offer prices for the next 7 days only. To place your order simply click on the links above or return the attached form, by email, by fax on 03 9419 6970 or call us on 03 9419 6990.
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