Domaine Combier Crozes Hermitage Clos des Grives 2020

In 1936, Camille Combs buys raw land domain Combier. In 1952, it homogenizes its 4ha vineyard retaining only the Syrah grape. In 1962, Maurice takes over the winery and centralizes on arboriculture. However, it takes care of vines from his father and sells the grapes to wine merchants and cooperative cellar Tain. In 1980, Lawrence is his son who joined the family estate. Passionate about viticulture and fruit trees being sick, it replaces them with the Syrah grape and expanded the vineyard. 1990 and 1991 are its first organic vintages. Today, his son Julien accompanies him on the field.

The vineyard of Crozes-Hermitage is located around the Hermitage appellation, north and south of Tain l'Hermitage. It extends over an area which is constantly growing and which now is almost equivalent to the area occupied peach. The range of wines is diversified by geological outcrops. For red wines with fruit flavors, syrah grape variety predominates. As for the Marsanne varietal, it offers nice wines and full of freshness.

Second wine region in France after Bordeaux, the Rhone region is one of the oldest in the country. The vineyard is divided into two zones: the northern Rhone Valley and the southern Rhone valley. Other areas furthest part of the region: Vivarais Luberon, through the Diois. The Bordeaux region can produce red, white and rosé, of all kinds: dry, soft, natural and sparkling. However, the red wines are produced in this region (representing 80% of production). At the heart of the southern area is the Grenache grape that made the red wines "solar". However, the vagaries of climate forcing growers to use the assembly technique to balance their wines. Some additional varieties: Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre and Carignan. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: bourboulenc, Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne, piquepoul, Maccabeo, Marsanne, Vermentino or Picardan. Rosé wines from the same grape varieties as the red wines. In the northern area, for red wines, the syrah grape variety predominates. For white wines, the grape varieties used are: Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. The designations are the Rhone region are numerous: Cote du Rhone, Cotes du Rhone-Villages, communal AOC (Condrieu, lirac, Côte-Rôtie, Chateauneuf du Pape, etc.) and AOC independent (luberon, ventoux, grignan les adhémar ...).