Franck Balthazar, Cornas Cuvee Casimir, 2023 lettie teague wsj on wine Julien Pilon’s Mon Grand-Père Était

Julien Pilon’s Mon Grand-Père Était Limonadier is Viognier reimagined—lighter

the wine is full-bodied yet elegant

Sourced from the Poggio Cerrino vineyard

The tannins are present but polished

Franck Balthazar, Cornas Cuvee Casimir, 2023 lettie teague wsj on wine Julien Pilon’s Mon Grand-Père ÉtaitFranck Balthazar farms organically and vinifies with old school Cornas precision, letting his granite terroir speak without makeup. Cuvee Casimir is his more accessible Cornas bottling, named in the family tradition and built for earlier drinking than his flagship sites. The 2023 leans into juicy black and red fruit, a twist of pepper, and the savory, smoky edge that marks this appellation. Approachable young, but it will hold and gain complexity over