| NAME |
CORBIN (Château) |
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| PROPRIETOR |
Anabelle, Barbara & Vanessa Cruse |
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| APPELLATION |
St-Emilion, Grand Cru Classé |
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| COMMUNE |
Saint Emilion |
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| VINEYARD |
12,8 hectares (31,3 acres) situated on the Pomerol border. |
| VARIETALS |
80% Merlot
20% Cabernet Franc
Average: 30 years |
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| PRODUCTION |
4000-5000 cs (Grand Vin)
2nd wine: XX de Corbin |
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| VINIFICATION |
Hand harvested
35-45% new oak |
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| STYLE |
Don't look here for an over-macerated, high-alcohol, fruit forward styled wine. Corbin is a "traditional" styled wine: perfectly balanced, clean fruit, with good concentration and seductive elegance. |
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| MARKET NOTE |
Previously, Corbin was not one of those viticultural role models of technical perfection.
Since the 1999 vintage, however, Corbin has been under the "new" generational reins of Anabelle Cruse-Bardinet. Proper vineyard management, a reconstructed cellar, the increase of new-oak in the ageing and the creation of a 2nd wine have given Corbin a new, precise and exciting direction. Here is an excellent example where the 2001 vintage is better than the estate's 2000.
Lastly, Corbin has the cool-headedness to strengthen (and widen!) its customer base not only thru the increased quality of the wines but also thru a long-term, coherent pricing-policy oriented towards showing value (which usually translates to customer fidelity). Corbin is currently priced along the lines of Médoc Cru Bourgeois like Chasse Spleen, Poujeaux .... yet it's a "Grand Cru Classé" ! |
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