La Colomina Côtes Catalanes Domaine La Casenove 2011
La Colomina is a 2011 red wine produced by Domaine La Casenove and bottled by Etienne Montes. It is classified as an Indication Géographique Protégée (IGP) from the Côtes Catalanes in France, presented in a 750 ml bottle with an alcohol content of 14.5%.
The wine originates from Roussillon, a region located in the southernmost part of France, stretching from the Pyrenees down to the Mediterranean Sea along the Catalan border with Spain. This area possesses its own distinct Catalan culture and identity. Roussillon is characterized by having the warmest and driest climate in France, featuring steep, terraced vineyards planted on soils of schist, gneiss, granite, and limestone. While the region is highly recognized for producing the vast majority of France's fortified sweet wines, it also has a long-standing viticultural history of producing dry wines.
Within Roussillon, the Côtes Catalanes IGP covers a large area around Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. The climate here is distinctly Mediterranean, benefiting from over 300 days of sunshine annually and the influence of the strong Tramontane wind. The terroir varies significantly, ranging from black and brown schist in the Agly valley to granite, limestone, and clay on the terraces, with vineyards situated both near the coast and at altitudes up to 600 meters. The IGP designation offers a more flexible approach compared to stricter AOC regulations, which has attracted ambitious producers who utilize the area's old vines to create characterful wines outside the classic classification system.
The history of the wine
Below, you can delve into the history of this wine — its producer, grape, area, and region.
Roussillon
Roussillon lies in the far south of France along the Catalan border with Spain from the Pyrenees down to the Mediterranean and, together with Languedoc, forms the larger administrative region of Languedoc-Roussillon (now part of Occitanie). The area has its own distinct Catalan culture and identity and focuses on 14 AOCs and two IGPs, grown from 24 permitted grapes.
The area produces 80 percent of France's Vins Doux Naturels (fortified sweet wines) under the appellations Banyuls, Banyuls Grand Cru, Maury, Rivesaltes and Muscat de Rivesaltes, mainly from Grenache Noir, Gris and Blanc as well as Muscat. The dry wines come from Côtes du Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, Collioure and Maury Sec, based on Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault. The climate is France's warmest and driest, with steep terraced vineyards on slate, gneiss, granite and limestone. The style ranges from powerful, spicy dry reds with ripe dark berries, garrigue, liquorice and pepper, to the sweet, concentrated Banyuls wines with raisin, fig, cocoa, coffee and nuts. The area is known as home to some of the world's most distinctive fortified sweet wines and one of France's oldest wine cultures.
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