Château Sainte Colombe

Best served with braised beef or tender leg of lamb.

The vines are carefully pruned, with green harvesting and a first leaf thinning taking place at the end of June. A second thinning is made in again mid-August.

At that point, the lees are removed and the wine ages for another 6 months in the same barrels which come from several other chateaux owner by Perse; Pavie Decesse and Monbousquet. The final blending takes place just before bottling, which is done without fining or filtering.

To produce the wine of Sainte Colombe, after a long, cold maceration, vinification is allowed to start naturally, in temperature-controlled concrete vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels. The wine of Sainte-Colombe is on its fine lees for 6 months.

Superstar winemaker Gerard Perse is a force to be reckoned with. In the past 12 years he has taken several prestigious although under-performing Chateaux in medieval Saint Emilion east of Bordeaux and turned them into absolute dream properties. He also has acquired two fabulous wine-producing properties in neighboring Cotes de Castillon and made these amazing performers in their own right. Chateau Sainte-Colombe with its pretty label depicting a Picassoesque dove is a superb wine in every way. It is concocted from the two Perse properties Clos Les Lunelles and Clos L'Eglise. The blend is classic Right Bank Bordeaux with Merlot and Cabernet Franc.