Allemand Thierry Chaillot Cornas, 2019
$375.00
Allemand Thierry Chaillot Cornas, 2019
$375.00
description
• Farms organically, working steep, terraced vineyards all by hand (no tractor!)
• Dense plantings naturally reduce yields (< 30 hectoliters per hectare)
• All wines are fermented in stainless steel and open-top wooden vats
• Stems left on cluster during fermentation
• Punch-downs by foot
• All wines are vinified separately
• Wines aged in foudres and barriques for 24 months before final blending and bottling
• Finished wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered
• Very low doses of sulfur, sometimes none at all
Cornas “Les Chaillots”:
• Cuvée made up of all younger vines (5-40yrs)