Cornas, Guillaume Gilles - 2021

Name: Cornas, Guillaume Gilles
Brand: Guillaume Gilles
SKU: 44301
Price: 112.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 44301 750 mL

This comes from vines on the higher slopes of the Chaillot vineyard. The terroir is more complex here with a mixture of soil types and expositions: pure granite to the southeast supplemented by a terrace of clay-limestone base to the south. The grapes are never destemmed and the elevage is in demi-muids for 18 months.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

France

Region

Rhône

Sub-Region

Cornas

Producer

Guillaume Gilles

Grape Variety

Syrah

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