Domaine Isabel Ferrando, Chateauneuf du Pape Colombis, 2016
Isabel Ferrando makes Chateauneuf that trades power for purity, and Colombis is her most distinctive cuvee — the one bottling she doesn't draw from her home Les Serres vineyard. It's pure old-vine Grenache, from north-facing parcels averaging around eighty years of age, with plots leaning on limestone and sand rather than the region's famous heat-trapping galets. That cooler, stonier foundation gives a fresher, more elegant Chateauneuf than the appellation's usual muscle. Whole-cluster fermented and raised in neutral vessels and amphora, it's about lift and silk, not weight. The 2016, from a great structured vintage, is easing into a mature window that should hold for years.
Domaine Isabel Ferrando, Chateauneuf du Pape Colombis, 2016
Isabel Ferrando makes Chateauneuf that trades power for purity, and Colombis is her most distinctive cuvee — the one bottling she doesn't draw from her home Les Serres vineyard. It's pure old-vine Grenache, from north-facing parcels averaging around eighty years of age, with plots leaning on limestone and sand rather than the region's famous heat-trapping galets. That cooler, stonier foundation gives a fresher, more elegant Chateauneuf than the appellation's usual muscle. Whole-cluster fermented and raised in neutral vessels and amphora, it's about lift and silk, not weight. The 2016, from a great structured vintage, is easing into a mature window that should hold for years.
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Isabel Ferrando makes Chateauneuf that trades power for purity, and Colombis is her most distinctive cuvee — the one bottling she doesn't draw from her home Les Serres vineyard. It's pure old-vine Grenache, from north-facing parcels averaging around eighty years of age, with plots leaning on limestone and sand rather than the region's famous heat-trapping galets. That cooler, stonier foundation gives a fresher, more elegant Chateauneuf than the appellation's usual muscle. Whole-cluster fermented and raised in neutral vessels and amphora, it's about lift and silk, not weight. The 2016, from a great structured vintage, is easing into a mature window that should hold for years.
