Rhône Valley
Cornas Ogre - 2016 - Matthieu Barret
Domaine du Coulet
A nose with notes of very ripe black fruits and minerals. Palate: fine tannins, huge freshness, a racy, sharp juice.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Cornas
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2022 to 2031
- rock’n’roll
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Syrah cultivated biodynamically, in a cool growing area, on a soil of highly decomposed granite soil known as "Gore" and loamy-clay. The parcel is situated in the "Sommet des Arlettes" vineyard site, facing east and north. The vines are 60 years old on average. Vinification: indigenous yeasts, 100% destemming, light punching down of the cap, fermentation in a 16-hl cement egg. Maturation: 18 months in a 600-litre cement egg. Vacuum sealed at bottling, without filtering or fining, and 1 g/hl of sulphur.

Matthieu Barret
Matthieu Barret has been making wine at Domaine du Coulet since 1998. It was Stéphane Tissot, one of Jura's most famous vignerons, who first gave Barret the nickname "Petit Ours Brun" (little brown bear), and it quickly caught on among his vigneron peers, and even found its way onto his wine labels, such as his red and white cuvées Petit Ours Brun and Petit Ours Blanc. The estate’s 10 hectares...
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