Sadie Columella

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬; 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦. 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝟐𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. This 2021 vintage of Columella displays extremely bright red fruit aromas. The wine is incredibly fresh, and the 24 months of ageing in old casks are unmarked; it almost seems like the fruit is still hanging on the vine. Some velvety spicey herbal aromas of the bush come through on the aromatics, and then violets and perfumes followed. There are darker, deeper lines of graphite, black olive and cedar wood aromatics, and the structure of the wine is quite seamless; the tannins flow into the acidity at the end of the palate. It is incredibly balanced, and delicate layers of stitching make up this wine. Time is your friend on this one.