Domaine du Coulet Cornas Brise Cailloux 2011《Terroir Collection - TF800 》

Domaine du Coulet Cornas Brise Cailloux 2011《Terroir Collection - TF800 》

Region : Cornas 

Grapes : 100% Syrah 

Alcohol : 13.5% vol

Website: http://domaineducoulet.com/

 ⭐ 2011 Cornas - Exceptional Vintage - Vintage Score: Wine Advocate 91 pts

⭐ 44-55 years old Syrah vines

⭐ Organic & Biodynamic Farming 

⭐ Jeb Dunnuck "They are classic, gorgeous wines that left me wondering where I could buy some!"

🌟 Wine Advocate  94 pts

🌟 Wine Spectator 92  pts

A seventh-generation vigneron, Matthieu Barret studied viticulture in Beaune and joined his grandfather in Cornas in 1997. After inheriting a parcel of vines from his grandfather, who used to sell grapes to the local co-operative, Matthieu built up his own domaine in Cornas. He immediately started working the vines organically and produced his first vintage in 2000.

Domaine du Coulet now has 11.1 hectares. The vines are planted on steep south/south-east-facing terraces which are carved into the granite rock of Cornas. The vine roots are forced to penetrate deep into the granite rock which leads to small yields and results in concentrated, powerful wines. The vines are on average 40 to 55 years old and are certified both organic and biodynamic. Matthieu strongly believes that these viticultural principles allow him to express a sense of place and a purity of fruit in the finished wine. Biodiversity and sustainability are two of Matthieu’s main concerns in managing his vineyards. In 2012, he replaced vineyard machinery with mules, horses and manual labour and started to create green spaces around the vineyards to encourage a healthy environment for wildlife.

Matthieu has also consistently pursued innovation and minimal intervention in the winery. The grapes are harvested by hand and enter the gravity-fed winery where they are destemmed but not crushed. In 2006, Matthieu decided to use fewer oak barrels in vinification and started to use concrete egg and diamond-shaped vats to achieve a superior purity of fruit. From the 2017 vintage, he decided to eliminate the use of oak entirely from his winemaking. Both the ‘Brise Cailloux’ and the ‘Billes Noires’ are vinified with indigenous yeasts with limited punching of the cap, for around two weeks before being gently pressed.

🌟 Wine Advocate  94 pts

Starting out, the 2011 Cornas Brise Cailloux offers up textbook Cornas wildness with its gamy, herbal-styled bouquet delivering brilliant fruit (black cherry, raspberry, blueberry), loads of meatiness, spring flowers and searing minerality. Seeing 18 months all in old wood, this medium to full-bodied beauty has incredibly purity of fruit, great acidity and a knockout finish. 

🌟 Wine Spectator  92 pts

Bold and energetic, with bright pastis and violet notes backed by very racy red and black currant fruit. A live wire of acidity, with a long, white pepper- and sanguine-framed finish that has lovely tension. 

$ 488/bottle

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