Winery Rene BalthazarCornas
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Cornas of the Winery Rene Balthazar is in the top 40 of wines of Cornas.
Food and wine pairings with Cornas
Pairings that work perfectly with Cornas
Original food and wine pairings with Cornas
The Cornas of Winery Rene Balthazar matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bernard's potée, lamb chops à la champvallon or duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port.
Details and technical informations about Winery Rene Balthazar's Cornas.
Discover the grape variety: Baroque
From a morphological point of view, Baroque seems to have common origins with Tannat. Still called Blanc Bordelais, this white grape variety is distinguished essentially by the characteristics of its leaves. Those that are still young are both yellowish and downy. Their bumps have a somewhat bronzed appearance. The adult leaves have angular teeth. The leaves are not very three-lobed and have a pubescent, downy blade. The Baroque is grown in the Adour basin, mainly in Tursan and in certain vineyards in the Gers. Its production area is therefore not very large. This grape variety manages to resist oidium, unlike other varieties, and its harvest must be well done and free of rot. The harvest must be well done and free of rot, which leads to a better result and a more successful wine production. Moreover, the development of Baroque must be slowed down in time, bearing in mind that this type of grape variety only matures about twenty days after Chasselas.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cornas from Winery Rene Balthazar are 0
Informations about the Winery Rene Balthazar
The Winery Rene Balthazar is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Cornas to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Cornas
The wine region of Cornas is located in the region of Rhône septentrional of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Thierry Allemand or the Domaine Thierry Allemand produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cornas are Mourvèdre, Roussanne and Viognier, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cornas often reveals types of flavors of earthy, cream or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of perfume, sour cherry or lavender.
The wine region of Rhone Valley
The Rhone Valley is a key wine-producing region in Southeastern France. It follows the North-south course of the Rhône for nearly 240 km, from Lyon to the Rhône delta (Bouches-du-Rhône), near the Mediterranean coast. The Length of the valley means that Rhône wines are the product of a wide variety of soil types and mesoclimates. The viticultural areas of the region cover such a distance that there is a widely accepted division between its northern and southern parts.
The word of the wine: Slim
A thin wine, lacking flesh and body.
