Jean-Luc Colombo 2020 Cornas, Les Ruches
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Jean-Luc Colombo 2020 Cornas, Les Ruches
Double 96 Point , Top 100, Cornas from Colombo!
Quick Taste
- Double 96 Points!
- Top 100 on WS List
- Organic and Vegan!
- 'Broad and energetic in the mouth'
- 'highly structured with a very concentrated core'
About Jean-Luc Colombo 2020 Cornas, Les Ruches
Innovation, passion and dedication are what drives Jean-Luc and Anne Colombo, whose contributions to Rhône Valley winemaking is unparalleled. A devotee of the Syrah grape and armed with a pharmacy degree, Jean-Luc and his wife, Anne, opened their wine laboratory in 1984, “Centre Oenologique des Côtes du Rhône” and quickly developed a thriving reputation as a wine consultant throughout France. For their significant life-long contributions to their country, both Jean-Luc and Anne have been awarded the French Legion of Honor, France’s highest civilian award. Today, Jean-Luc Colombo’s wines express the typicity of their terroir with elegance and character, from the northern Rhône to his Provençal roses.
The heart of the Colombo winery is based in Cornas, one of the smallest appellations in the Rhône Valley with 375 acres. Cornas, the birthplace of Syrah, has 300 million year old decomposed granite subsoils and dry-farmed vineyards, as irrigation is not permitted. Maximum yields are 34 hl/ha. Les Ruchets (The Beehives) is Colombo’s icon wine with his first release in 1987. Les Ruchets is a single vineyard of 5.4 acres within Chaillot designation, with vines that average 90 years old, 38° slope, and a yield of 17 hl/ha. The vineyard has been certified organic by Ecocert since 2016.
The wine is aged for 22 months in oak barrels, 15% in new, 85% in one- to three-year-old oak barrels. The wine is bottled unfiltered and is vegan.
Winemaker Notes:
A very expressive but fine nose with aromas of Provençal herbs such as thyme and rosemary. The palate is structured with flavors of ripe dark fruits such as blackberry but it also shows some kind of freshness thanks to menthol notes. Delicious with most game, such as wild duck rubbed with crushed spices, but also superb with a roasted tenderloin steak.
96 Points Vinous
Broad and energetic in the mouth, offering appealingly sweet and concentrated black and blue fruit, cola and spicecake flavors that steadily deepen through the back half. Delivers a solid, smoky punch on a strikingly long, smooth finish that's framed by smooth, well-knit tannins. Made from vines that are pushing 100 years of age….
96 Points James Suckling
Brimming with ripe forest-berry aromas, but also notes of smoked bacon and wild herbs, this is a stunning Cornas that's highly structured with a very concentrated core, but also bright and elegant, major stony minerality driving the long, very focused finish.
94 Points Wine Spectator - Top 100 List
Sleek and polished, with a bold cascade of blackberry confit, singed garrigue and warm fig, this is delicious and opulent yet powered by a savory undercurrent. Offers charred cedar that adds depth and roundness to the palate, while the pull of salt and crushed iron offsets the silky, dense character. This has staying power…
Wine Details
- Alcohol % 14.0%
- Bottle Size 750 ml
- Wine Type Red
- Country France
- Region Rhône
- Appellation Cornas
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