Jean-Luc Colombo Saint Peray La Belle de Mai 2022 (Case of 6 x 75cl)
Case price equivalent to £25 per bottle
Jean-Luc Colombo Saint Peray La Belle de Mai
Region: Rhone, France
Vintage: 2022
Bottle size: 6 x 75cl
Grape: Marsanne, Roussanne
ABV: 14%
Golden yellow colour with green nuances. A beautiful nose with intense, flattering floral aromas of hawthorn and iris, as well as notes of quince and citrus. On the palate the mouth is full, well-balanced between mineral and fruit elements, with beautiful persistence.
The Beauty of May. A wine we cherish, from a rare terroir. Saint-Péray terraces of limestone and granite. The wine is vinified in oak barrels with slow fermentation, then aged on lees and stirred for the first few months. It is aged in barrels for 10 to 12 months, depending on the vintage (10% new and the rest in 1 to 5 year old barrels). The wine is certified Organic.
Jean-Luc’s fulfilment of a childhood dream came with the purchase of his first vineyard, a small parcel of old vines planted on a granite hillside overlooking the village of Cornas. The 1987 release of Jean-Luc’s first vintage of Cornas Les Ruchets was a great success, taking the French wine world by storm, and becoming the first in a long series of vintages of what is universally regarded as Colombo’s iconic wine. Over time, the range has steadily grown to include red and white wines from the Rhône Valley. Jean-Luc also has a great love for the Mediterranean, and the Blue Coast in particular, where he pioneered vine growing, producing his first vintage in 2012. Each of the wines in the range has a distinctive label, carefully created by painter and family friend of the Colombo family, Marie-Annick Dutreil.
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