Rhône Valley
Cornas Ogre - 2021 - Matthieu Barret
Domaine du Coulet
Definitely the estate's most prestigious bottle, highly complex nose: black fruit, granitic aromatics, hint of smoke, black olive. Taste: fine, concentrated tannins and great freshness, this is a racy, sharp juice. Long and floral finish.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Cornas
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2035
- rock’n’roll
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Syrah from 42 years old on average, cultivated biodynamically, in a cool growing area, on a soil of highly decomposed granite soil known locally as "Gore". The parcel is situated in the "Sommet des Arlettes" vineyard site, facing East and North. Vinification: 100% destemming, light punching down of the cap, fermentation in a cement egg-shaped and diamond-shaped vats. 18 months of aging in those same vats. Bottled at the Domaine after light filtration, micro-dose of sulfur.

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...
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