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Domaine Combier

Domaine Combier Crozes-Hermitage Blanc "Cuvée Laurent Combier" 2019

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Vines less than 10 years old. Pont-de-Lisere, chalky soil plateau with round pebbles. 45ha/hl. Fermented in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 8 months. Almost all of the wine is consumed in France. The history of the Domaine began in 1936 when Camille Combier, grandfather of the current owner Laurent, purchased a 3ha field in the village of La Roche du Grand, south of Tain-Hermitage. In the 1960s, Laurent's parents, Maurice and Paulette, established a company in Pont-de-Lisere near the field and began full-scale grape growing. In the early days, they sold grapes to négociants, but after his son Laurent graduated from winemaking school, they started full-scale as a Domaine. Domaine Combier is an "organic pioneer" that has been cultivating organically since the 1970s. Maurice has been practicing organic farming since then, taking into consideration the environment around the fields and the orchards surrounding them. Learning from many experiences and failures, he established his position as a pioneer of organic grape cultivation in Crozes-Hermitage. His son Laurent, who inherited his father's winemaking work and passion, inevitably followed the path of organic farming. Currently, organic farming is practiced in all 25 hectares of fields. In particular, Clos des Grieves, 9 hectares south of Crozes-Hermitage, is the best field planted by his grandfather Camille in 1952, and is Combier's haute couture wine. Laurent is in charge of all winemaking. He has established brewing equipment and is working hard to turn healthy grapes into great wine. The stainless steel tanks with temperature control are designed to allow work to be done while taking advantage of gravity in the winery, which utilizes the difference in elevation. From the time the harvested grapes arrive until they are moved to the stainless steel tanks, and even during the brewing period, work that goes against gravity is avoided, and natural winemaking is carried out. 100% of the red wine is destemmed, and the style of the wine is elegant and lustrous, like Burgundy's Pinot Noir. Laurent values ​​balance and harmony and never over-extracts, and his wines are "cheerful and seductive wines." When you put it in your mouth, it feels delicious in every aspect, from the attack to the aftertaste. He respects the terroir and sublimates that feeling into the wine, and is attracting attention as an important producer of Crozes-Hermitage.