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Cornas La Sabarotte Courbis 2020

  • Spices
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Wine for ageing
  • Color: Red
  • 14% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Full-bodied

Un cornas riche et puissant dont les arômes fruités, compotés, poivrés et dont l'assise tannique répondent parfaitement à une viande forte comme de l'agneau. Une bouteille à garder quelques années. More info

This cuvée is made from Syrah from the plots of land located on the right bank of the Rhône, near Valence. Cornas is blessed with an ideal micro-climate to cultivate the domain's old Syrah vines. These grow in very poor soil where rocks surface. The bunches are harvested by hand, destemmed then crushed. They are then vinified in thermo-regulated stainless-steel vats. Extraction gives the wine its beautiful hue. There is numerous and regular pump-over and maceration can last almost a month. The wine is then aged in new barrels and malolactic fermentation takes place in new barriques. After 18 months’ ageing, the wine is bottled. Dominique and Laurent produce 5,000 bottles like this every year and the wine is perfect for keeping.

Cornas La Sabarotte Courbis serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Parmentier de boudin aux deux pommes, Rognons de veau grillés, Grives aux raisins.

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • Lot presentation
    Cornas La Sabarotte Courbis

    The wine

    This cuvée is made from Syrah from the plots of land located on the right bank of the Rhône, near Valence. Cornas is blessed with an ideal micro-climate to cultivate the domain's old Syrah vines. These grow in very poor soil where rocks surface. The bunches are harvested by hand, destemmed then crushed. They are then vinified in thermo-regulated stainless-steel vats. Extraction gives the wine its beautiful hue. There is numerous and regular pump-over and maceration can last almost a month. The wine is then aged in new barrels and malolactic fermentation takes place in new barriques. After 18 months’ ageing, the wine is bottled. Dominique and Laurent produce 5,000 bottles like this every year and the wine is perfect for keeping.

    Information about domain Courbis

    Domaine Courbis is a family estate that dates back to the 16th century. Today, Dominique and Laurent cultivate 35 hectares of vines planted mostly on steep slopes. They produce some 160,000 cuvées in the Saint-Joseph, Cornas, Crozes-Hermitages and Saint Péray appellations. Maceration takes place in temperature controlled concrete vats and maturation in new oak barrels

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 good appearance
    • Origin: Producer
    • Recoverable VAT: Yes
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 14 %
    • Country/Region: Rhône
    • Appellation/Wine: Cornas
    • Producer/Owner: Courbis
    • Vintage: 2020
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 33
    • Volume: 160000
    • Intensity: Full-bodied
    • Dominant aroma: Spices
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Syrah
    Cornas La Sabarotte Courbis
    Cornas La Sabarotte Courbis

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