• Cyril Courvoisier
  • Cornas Chaillot

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Syrah
    • Vine Age: Planted between 2017 and 2023
    • Surface Area: 0.5 ha (1.23 ac)
    • Terroir: East-northeast-facing, 170-220 m altitude, 50% grade, 2/3rds on granitic sand and 1/3rd on clay-sandstone.
    • Viticulture: Organic (AB), regenerative, no plowing, grass cover crops, no fertilization, minimum copper treatments (average of 300 g/ha per year).
    • Vinification: 100% whole cluster, 4-day semi-carbonic maceration, 10-15-day ambient yeast fermentation in 10 hL steel tanks with light punch-downs, macerated for an additional 15-20 days, aged for 12 months in used barrels and sandstone eggs, no fining, no filtration, SO2 added after malolactic conversion and before bottling (20-40 ppm total at bottling), bottled and aged for an additional 12 months before release.