Black Fruit, Herbal, and Pepper / Spice,
BODY: Medium +
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium
TANNIN: Medium +
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Origin: Rhone Valley (Chateauneuf du Pape, Cote Rotie & More), France
Grape Varietals:
Syrah (Shiraz)
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WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
rack of lamb, ribs, grilled game or poultry.
ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Domaine Yves Cuilleron Cornas Lieu-Dit Les Côtes is a wine for keeping. A little austere and hard in its youth, it becomes remarkably intense yet silky after a few years.
A silky and elegantly scented Cornas. Attractive aromas of sun-kissed dark berries, black cherry, aromatic herbs and roasted coffee beans. Fleshy, dense and velvety full-bodied palate with a bright acidity and well-integrated tannins that mellow with time. Juicy blackberry, black cherry, cassis and blueberry flavours with a hint of cinnamon, liquorice, black olives and pepper. Closes with a mineral and sweet spice finish.
Les Côtes is a lieu-dit in the south of the commune of Cornas. It is made up of a very hard granite rock base that is over 600 million years old.
100% Syrah. A single plot and single varietal Syrah wine. These vines were planted in 1911 on a plot located in a majestic amphitheatre in Cornas, making them more than a century old. The grapes are grown according to the principles of sustainable agriculture.
