Pierre Gaillard – Cornas 2019 (750ml)

Pierre Gaillard son of a railwayman, yet at 12 years he had already planted his own vines and plowed the vineyards on horseback. He thenfollowed a course studied viticulture and oenology in Burgundy .he startedas vineyard manager in the Rhone valley, but soon he feels the need to plant his own vineyards.In 1981 he planted the Clos de Cuminaille then gradually bought and replanted different hills across the northern Rhone Valley. Today, Pierre Gaillard produces Cote Rotie, St Joseph, Condrieu, Cornas, Crozes Hermitage and St Peray on a farm of 25ha. He also extended Faugres, Banyuls and Collioure where the shale slopes remind him of the Cte Rtie. His wife and children followed in his adventure and noware in family areas managing vineyardseach bringing his jurisdiction to that of the vine to the glass everything happens for the best.