2023 Côtes du Rhône - Franck Balthazar Rhone including Grand Crus Avize and

including Grand Crus Avize and Oger and four Premiers Crus like Avenay and Coligny

Etraz is crafted from Gringet grapes grown in a plot known as Vers Etraz

A polished French white that’s effortlessly elegant

Soils are mixed: sandstone

2023 Côtes du Rhône - Franck Balthazar Rhone including Grand Crus Avize andThe 2023 Ctes du Rhne from Franck Balthazar comes out of the southern Rhne, just outside his home base in Cornas. Franck, who took over the domaine in 2002 from his father Ren (and whose grandfather, Casimir, founded it in 1931), now works about 3. 5 hectares of organically farmed vineyard land. He sticks to traditional, lowintervention methodsfermenting with indigenous yeasts, ageing in aged demimuids, minimal sulphur, ploughing with horses. In 2023