Franck Balthazar, Cotes du Rhone, 2024 so090624 geek roundup offer minimal sulfur — this is

minimal sulfur — this is a juicy

and crushed rock rise from the glass

Denis Jamain is the appellation's sole biodynamic producer

Steinfeder is the lightest classification in the Wachau — early-picked

Franck Balthazar, Cotes du Rhone, 2024 so090624 geek roundup offer minimal sulfur — this isThis is what a Cornas master makes for a Tuesday. Franck Balthazar is one of the Northern Rhne's great traditionalists horse plowed parcels, whole cluster native fermentations, old neutral demi muids and his Ctes du Rhne is the one bottle in the cellar built for drinking rather than waiting. It comes off three hectares down in the Drme, the hinge between the northern and southern Rhne, which is why the Syrah gets blended with roughly 40% Grenache.