Lot presentation

Cornas Vallon de l'Aigle Jean-Luc Colombo (no reserve) 2009

The wine

This Cornas comes from vieilles vignes grown on granite terraces and surrounded by a forest inhabited by eagles that gave the wine its name. Jean-Luc Colombo favoured a manual harvest, a crop destemming, a temperature-controlled fermentation as well as a élevage in oak barriques for 24 months. On tasting, it has an intense hue with an equally powerful nose. We thus find notes of black fruit, small berries, violet, pepper, and precious wood. Voluminous, silky and persistent, this cuvée has all the qualities needed to be kept in the cellar for a few years and be paired with flavoursome dishes.

About the Producer Jean-Luc Colombo

Jean-Luc Colombo is a man of passions. At a very young age he inherited a taste for culinary pleasures from his mother, who was a chef in Marseille. His passion for food and a desire to discover the magic of food and wine pairings inspired him to study oenology. In 1984, he set up the "Centre Oenologique des Côtes du Rhône" in Cornas with his wife Anne and offers a technical consultancy service to wine growers in the Rhône Valley and Provence. At their own vineyard, Jean-Luc and Anne are passionate about respecting the environment and the authenticity of the terroir they cultivate. They refuse to use pesticides and herbicides on the vines, they have a horse to plough the soil, and have planted indigenous plant species around their plots to encourage biodiversity and act as a windbreak. They do not irrigate their land, forcing the vines to root deeply and to “suffer” to draw the best from the soil. In 2012 they applied for organic certification.

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