Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge Les Bartavelles Rouge

Jean-Luc Colombo has been a renowned enologist in the Rhône Valley since the early 1980s. His consultations at prestigious estates across the Rhône quickly earned him a reputation for helping produce incredible expressions of this rugged terroir. But his greatest contribution to the wine world is the exceptional wines he crafts alongside his wife, Anne, and daughter, Laure. The Cornas-based Colombo winery has earned impressive international recognition bringing modern viticultural practices to the region — and for creating beautifully concentrated, balanced, and fresh styles of syrah. Living among their vineyards and wetlands, the family have been committed to sustainable farming, achieving organic certification for their estate vineyards from Ecocert in 2016.

Amour de Dieu (God’s love) Condrieu is from 40-year-old vines grown on steep granie terraces.

The wine undergoes a pre-fermentation maceration followed by a long fermentation.

On the nose, a powerful wine, with notes of ripe red fruit, garrigue, licorice and a touch of gingerbread. The wine is structured, elegant and rich with mature, velvety tannins. The finish is long, fresh and well- balanced.