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Cornas “Billes Noires” 2015

88,99 €

(118,65 € / 1000 ml)
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  • 🍇 ColourDeep black with violet rim, clear and shiny.
  • 🌺 AromaIntense and dark with notes of cooked plum jam, black forest gateau, juniper berries and black truffle, rounded off with a deep red rose.
  • 🍷 TastePowerful yet subtle, with a harmonious balance of tannins, acidity and alcohol.
  • 🎭 CharacterA versatile wine with a hard skin and a soft centre that is impressively versatile.
  • 🍽️ Food recommendationGrilled polenta wedges, beef loin from the smoker and venison dishes are ideal accompaniments.
  • ✨ Special featuresBest served slightly chilled at 16°C in large glasses.
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Tasting note from Dec 07, 2019, copyright Peter Mueller and Vinaturel:

Colour

The wine is first and foremost plain black with a violet rim, clear and shiny in the glass.

Nose

As dark as the wine is dressed, as deep and dark is also its scent. Smelling as well as seeing, one needs a while to get used to recognize contours in the darkness. This dense thicket of aromas conceals cooked plum jam, the scent of fresh Black Forest cherry pie, and the peppery spice of juniper berries and black truffle. And a single deep red rose blossoms behind a small fire-cleared patch of forest.

A wine that invites you to take a walk and discover the land from which Matthieu Barret's Syrah comes and which is inherent in it.

Palate

Pressure-full!

And yet delicate.

The 2015 Cornas Billes Noires of the Domaine du Coulet appears quite massive with a proudly swollen chest. After a brief heated confrontation between tannin, acidity and alcohol, these come into their own, as well as the realisation that they only achieve their greatness in unity. Like the three guys who, after knocking each other's heads in front of the pub, spend the best evening of their lives in it.

Hard shell, soft core. A changeable Brutus of a wine. Drink slightly chilled, at 16°C, from large glasses.

Food recommendations from Peter Müller

  • Grilled polenta corners with roasted onion and herb crust, black olives and rosemary butter
  • Saddle of beef from the smoker with thyme jus, root vegetables and baked potatoes
  • Leg of venison and liver with saffron sauce, braised parsley root and chanterelles with cranberries

Profile

Winemaker

Du Coulet

Country

France

Region

Rhone (North)

Vintage

Colour

Variety

Type

Content

Alcohol content

13,5% Vol.

Residual sugar

Allergens

Contains sulphites

Manufacturer

Domaine du Coulet, rue du Ruisseau 43, 07130 Cornas / France

Complete product name

Du Coulet Cornas "Billes Noires" 2015

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