2019 Franck Balthazar Cornas Sans Soufre Ajouté

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 94 points

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  2/2/2024 - rlove wrote:

  Rich, dark, dense.

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  12/2/2022 - Fractalage Likes this wine:

  Holy dense and inky black juice. Right after the bottle's decanting small interesting bubbles showed up. Their color was deep purple and blue black.
  My 2nd bottle opened, and I loved this cuvee.
  This was a huge wine. Took about 2 hours to start to soften, but this guy needed more time. Don't let the Sans Soufre fool you into thinking this won't last, but this was so good that I'm not sure if I will wait to open the other bottles. Can't wait to see how this mixes with acrylic. So far, I've painted 3 masterpieces with Balthazar's wines.
  
  The tannins were soft and thick. It felt like it was really healthful for me. There was beaucoup de earthen dense fruit that felt minerally sticky in my mouth. There were herbs and licorice concentrations.
  The words that came to mind were herb infused black sauce.

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  8/24/2021 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  Very ripe,,,blood plum dried fruits and chocolate. Luscious with a core of sweet, dark fruits. Some florals and baked earth too. Despite the wine's richness there is a lightness of touch here and it is an engaging drink.

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  8/16/2021 - JerM wrote: 94 Points

  [14%, 100% syrah] Rich dark, almost black in glass, with a tight dark ruby red rim. Lifted, leafy concentrated blackfruit - black plums, blackcurrant, blackcherry, lingonberry. Focused, leafy, with more violets. Waves of prussian blue and dark purple. Unctious, sweet and again more pure black fruits. With time, red and blue fruits. Cocoa, ash, fresh black earth. Exotic wood spice. Tannins surprisingly supple and velvety. Fresh fleshy bite of ripe stone fruit, young leather, green stem, long savoury finish with some mint emerging. Generous, very approachable already, but oh gobsful of flavor and concentration - likely even more enjoyable after a few years. This is truly quite remarkable!

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