Château Rochecolombe Côte du Rhône Villages is surprising with its deep purple color and its breadth and richness on the palate. This wine cannot hide its origin with its low vines on clay-limestone soils.
This aromatic wine gives us scents of dried red fruit and balsamic and has powerful tannins. The tannins are silky in the mouth and the finish takes us to a whirlwind of pure fruit.
The grapes are harvested entirely by hand, after which they are placed on the sorting table to de-stem and remove the leaf remnants. Then follows a fermentation between 25 and 30 days at a temperature of 28 to 32 degrees. The wine is aged for 15 to 24 months in concrete Cuvées.
A delicious wine with beef bourguignon, stew, game and spicy cheeses.
Château Rochecolombe Côte du Rhône Villages is a delicious red wine from the Rhône region of France. This wine is made from 50% Grenache and 50% Syrah grapes by Château Rochecolombe.
Recommended wine temperature between 15°C and 17°C.
Born in Oudenaarde (Belgium), Robert Herberigs was a well-known songwriter and visual artist. He bought Château Rochecolombe in 1925 as a second home. At that time, the domain consisted of one large orchard (apricots) and several plots of vines.
Shortly after the Second World War, his eldest son Gilbert and his wife Geneviève van de Vyvere took over the reins of the estate. They then convert the apricot fields into vineyards. During the first fifteen years, the harvest was sold to the Bourg Saint Andéol Cooperative and a trading house from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. In the 1960s, he took an unusual step at the time by building his own cellar for the production of Côtes-du-Rhône, when the main production in that region was simple table wine.
In 2021 it is Roland who, supported by his wife Florence and their two children, is working energetically on the future of this exemplary domain.
All vineyards are organically cultivated and there is also an emphasis on the superlative, working in biodynamics. The wines all have a high concentration and are not filtered. The ordinary 'Côtes-du-Rhône' was already good for a fat nine in the Volkskrant. It is a wine of unprecedented quality within this Appellation.
Appellation Contrôlée France | AOC Côtes du Rhône Villages |
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Product | Château Rochecolombe Côte du Rhône Villages |
Country | France |
Producer - Brand | Château Rochecolombe |
Type of wine | Red, Organic |
Region | Rhône |
Grape variety | Grenache, Syrah |
Price per bottle | €15.50 |
Vintage | Mail: info@le-connaisseur.nl |