Rochecolombe Côtes du Rhône Clairette is golden in color with a green shimmer. The wine has a beautifully complex vanilla nose with further aromas of dried fruit, it has a slightly toasty and smoky feel with a nice elegance. In the mouth it is powerful and refined with a lingering finish.
This Cuvée presents the Clairette in its original form, with expressions of delicious fruit and freshness.
The grapes are picked by hand, the soaking lasts 1 night, after which the grapes are pressed in the early morning. The vinification is first started without yeast, which is added later. The wine matures in 400L barrels for 6 to 8 months.
A delicious wine with sweetbread, stew, fried fish, crustaceans and shellfish and strong cheeses.
Rochecolombe Côtes du Rhône Clairette is a delicious white wine from the Rhône region of France. This wine is made from 100% Clairette grapes by Château Rochecolombe.
Recommended serving temperature between 10°C and 12°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 |
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Product | Rochecolombe Côtes du Rhône Clairette |
Country | France |
Producer - Brand | Château Rochecolombe |
Type of wine | White, Organic |
Region | Rhône |
Grape variety | Other grapes white |
Price per bottle | €14.95 |
Vintage | Mail: info@le-connaisseur.nl |