This fresh, racy wine, with its precise, smooth tannins, is astonishingly complex. With notes of blackcurrant, wild berries and sweet spices, it's an elegant accompaniment to flank steak with mushroom sauce or turkey colombo.
Features
Estate
Château Ollieux Romanis
Cuvée
Classique
Vintage
2022
Designation
Corbières
Region
Languedoc
Grape varieties
40% Syrah, 30% Carignan, 30% Grenache
Terroirs
Mediterranean red sandstone, pudding on sandstone
Viticulture
Certified organic
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Native yeast for the Syrahs, traditional for the other grape varieties, 10 to 15-day vatting period, carbonic maceration for 50% of the Carignans.
Breeding
In temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for 8 months
Alcohol content
13.5%
Organic
Yes
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Deep, intense color
Nose
Fresh and racy with fine intensity, blackcurrant and cocoa aromas
Mouth
Ample, precise tannins, tight and smooth, racy minerality, notes of wild berries and liquorice, fresh and silky finish.
Serve
Between 16 and 18°C
Open
30 minutes before
Drink before
2028
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with flank steak with mushroom sauce, turkey colombo, grilled meats, game, spicy dishes, soft cheeses, chocolate desserts...
Château Ollieux Romanis
Corbières
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2024) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)
About the domain :
Pierre Bories has raised his family estate to the top of the Corbières appellation, and since 2001 has managed it with a master's hand, displaying the same determination and exacting standards in the vines as he does in the cellar. Consisting of a vast 150-hectare estate (including the former terroir of Château des Ollieux), some ten kilometers from Narbonne, the vineyard produces wines of great elegance, from the cuvée prestige to the cuvée or, right up to atal-sia, produced in the Corbières-Boutenac appellation, unquestionably one of the estate's flagships. The entire range is on the same wavelength, including le-champ-de-murailles, making this one of our favorite addresses in the area.
Guide Hachette des vins
Domaine noté Award-winning wines (Wines from this producer regularly win awards in the guide)
About the domain :
Founded in 1860 in the Boutenac terroir, this vast family vineyard, originally a dependency of the Abbey of Fontfroide, has remained in the same family ever since. Since 1896, it has had its own cellar and barrel cellar, built with stones from the estate's own quarry. Jacqueline and François Bories relaunched the estate in the 1980s, joined in 2001 by their son Pierre. Cultivated without weedkillers or pesticides, the vineyard, in conversion to organic farming, covers 65 hectares.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté (guide 2024) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list, and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
Pierre Bories took over this vast family estate, enlarged in 2006 by the neighboring vineyard, Les Ollieux. A wide variety of terroirs, from clay and limestone to galets roulés and the Boutenac terroir (red sandstone and limestone), make this estate a must-have. Over the years, he has fashioned a complete range of wines, including Les Murailles, in a much cooler part of the appellation, and a more personal project with his eponymous domaine. Always full of projects, Pierre has completely renovated the estate and created La Touketa, a restaurant and tasting area in the heart of the vineyards, open seasonally.
Jancis Robinson
Wine rated (guide 2023) 16.5/20
About the wine:
Elegantly aromatic, with traces of dried lavender and dusty paths on the nose, as well as through the dark, sun-saturated, Shiso-spun fruit, velvety on the palate. This is very much the Corbières - just rustic enough to make it guttural, sexy.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
4/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by M. GILLES D. Published on 06/05/2024
Maturing in stainless-steel vats combined with a sunny 2022 vintage produce a wine bursting with bright, ripe red berries, complemented by hints of sage, while retaining a mineral freshness. The grain is fine, the tannins mellow and silky without being overpowering, while the finish is sapid and very refreshing. This wine can be enjoyed now, but needs to be aired to match its wild, maritime character with a matelote of eels from the Etang de Bages with red wine and steamed pdt.
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