Domaine du Colombier

Crozes-Hermitage from the best vineyards in the appellation

The wines of Domaine du Colombier tell the tale of terroir in the Northern Rhone as well as anybody. With 13ha of Syrah in Crozes, 1.81ha just over the appellation border in Hermitage, and 1.9ha of Marsanne for the white, winemaker Florent Viale produces concentrated yet zippy wines that unmistakably reveal the soil and climatic traits of each area.

The Crozes-Hermitage wines come from 12 or so different vineyard plots around Tain and Mercurol, just on the appellation’s border with Hermitage proper and a stone’s throw from the hallowed hill. Put simply, this is the finest terroir in Crozes-Hermitage, a fact that shines through very clearly in the quality of the juice.

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    Hermit of Hermitage

    According to legend, a knight called Gaspard de Sterimberg was given permission by the French Queen in 1224 to build a refuge on the hill above Tain to recover from wounds sustained in the Albigensian crusade. He lived here as a hermit and gave the hill its now famous name.

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