Combebelle “Orion”

vins: COMBEBELLE ORION
mill: 2000, st chinian

Assemblages: 80% syrah, 20% grenache
vinification: traditionnel longue de 1mois dans cuve bois avec pigeages
Elevage: 12 mois en fut
futs: 50% neuf, 50% de 1 à 3 vins
malolactique: 100%
Collage: non
Filtration: non
% vol acool: 14%
pH: 3.78
acidité totale g/l H2SO4: 3.14
Acidité volatil g/l H2SO4: 0.52
sucres residuel: <2 g/hl

All our wines are from the Languedoc region in southern France . We started out making wines in 1997. Our objective is to cultivate our vineyards with absolute respect for the environment so that our wines may express as naturally as possible their origin. We seek to preserve our local eco systems in as natural as state as possible, researching ways of allowing our vines to establish natural defences against their different predators. We feed our vines compost, made on each of our farms according to the Biodynamic principles, to ensure our soil is nurtured with live matter. The centuries of grape cultivation in this area has inspired us to believe that we can grow the fruit to make the great wines of today.

Chateau Combebelle is a 20 hectare property in the St Chinian appellation where we grow Syrah & Grenache in a unique site at 280m above sea level on deep red clay soil.

Wine Spectator December 2003:
"Big and rich, with mouthcoating flavours of blackberry, dark plum and spice. This is full-bodied and ripe, with lovely dark chocolate and espresso notes, which broadens out with fine tannins on the finish. Impressive for the appellation. Drink now through 2006."

robert@comtecathare.com

Chateau Maris - 34210 La Livinière
telephone 00 33.(0)4 68 91 42 63 - fax 00 33.(0)4 68 91 62 15