Côtes du Rhône
Controlled appellation
Les Peyrouses
"With the purpose of ensuring very high standards to maintain superb quality for our Cornas wines, for our winemaking we handle separately grapes from our youngest vines (less than 10 years old) or those that come from terroirs which are trickier in difficult years. To this quantity that varies from one vintage to another, we add wine produced organically, which we buy from a terroir situated as close as possible to Cornas. It possesses the qualities of freshness we seek and will blend coherently with the wine that comes from our youngest vines."
The entire domain is cultivated using organic and biodynamic viticulture.
2021 VINTAGE
An opposite vintage…The historical frost on April 8th hit our vineyard in Saint-Péray and the bottom of Cornas, after a too hot episode in February.50 % in Saint-Péray were finally lost, and only 2 wines were produced: Harmonie and Fleur de Crussol, showing a very beautiful quality, coming from the freshness of the season.In Cornas, the yields of the slops have almost compensated the missing frozen harvest. The very rainy (896 mm/m²) and late season (harvest from September 13th to October 2nd) offer an “old-school” vintage, fresh, delicate and smooth, with lower level of alcohol, but less time lag between alcoholic and phenolic ripeness than in the hot and dry vintages.
OUR VINE GROWING AND WINEMAKING
• Organic certification for the vines and wine from the 2016 vintage and biodynamic methods used.
• Maturation in barrels of more than 12 months.
• Amount of sulphite reduced: 64 mg/l total SO2 (100 mg/litre authorised in organic winemaking)
• Production: 20.290 bottles / 105 magnums.
… COMMENTS
2020 Vintage: “Strikes a tasty balance between fruit and savory earthiness, with sweet cherry, violet and fresh plum draped in meaty, gamy undertones, white pepper and a salty lick of mineral. Nicely built, though supple and friendly, this has real character and charm. Drink now through 2024".”
Kristen Bieler – Wine Spectator (2022): 90/100
