PERRIN & fils "Les Cornuds" - AOC Vinsobres is doing the cover of Decanter Magazine
and is one of the France's 50 best value wines under £15.

Agust 2009

PERRIN & Fils, "Les Cornuds" AOC VINSOBRES pairing with Mimolette cheese on morning's episode of San Antonio Living.

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"Ripe, rich and racy Rhône red, with an ample core of black currant, fig paste, hoisin sauce and graphite, backed by dark coffee, mesquite and mineral notes on the long, structured finish."

Drink now through 2011.—J.M.

Smart Buys. 91 points, WineSpectator Sept.30, 2008

'Really racy, with violet, raspberry, boysenberry, graphite and spice flavors that extend through a ripe, pure, lenghty finish. Delicious.'

91 points, WineSpectator May 31 2007.

'Tight and structured, with a healthy dose of toast covering dark chocolate, tar, blackberry and currant flavors. The fine-grained finish really stretches out, boding well for moderate cellaring. Syrah and Grenache. Drink now through 2008'

90 points. Wine Spectator May 31 issue.

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The wine producers of Vinsobres are pleased to inform you that the decree that makes “Vinsobres” the “first Côtes-du-Rhône Cru in Drôme Provençale” was signed on the 15th of February. It was published in the Journal Officiel de la République this past Friday, the 17th of February 2006.

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in the online version of the WineSpectator.

We just had an interview about Vinsobres new classification and here are our answers to some questions:

We are very happy for vinsobres, which for us is the most northern-rhone style southern-rhone wine, and which is for us one of the very best places to grow syrah in the southern rhone valley, because the syrah keeps there the finesse and elegance that it can lose in other places of the southern rhone valley (due to altitude and vinsobres specific climate).

The Vinsobres Cru consists of a selection of the best terroirs of Vinsobres. Only 1300 hectares of the 1800 have been selected based on the geology and exposition (south-exposed vineyards only have been included in the cru delimitation). We believe this will further reinforce the global quality of Vinsobres wines. The non-selected parcels will be allowed to produce 'simple' Cotes du Rhone AOC, which means that the AOC Cotes du Rhone Village disappears.

The blend will now be minimum 50% grenache and minimum 25% syrah or mourvedre.

The INAO comitee has agreed the election of Vinsobres as a Cru. The decrete must now by signed by various french ministers before official publication.

As of today, Vinsobres is a ‘Cru’ and the AOC will be ‘Vinsobres AOC’ instead of ‘Côtes du Rhône Villages Vinsobres’. This new classification covers 1200 hectares out of 1500 and is a recognition of the great terroir of Vinsobres by the ‘INAO’! That is a great news for Vinsobres and its wines.

The following informations are general informations about Vinsobres. These are not specific about Perrin et Fils or Beaucastel wines.

Vineyards: the vineyards stretch over 7 kilometres of slopes around Vinsobres in the French Department of the Drôme.

• Soil types: stony and sandy marl on the slopes, stony quaternary alluvium on the terraces.

• Climate: Mediterranean and protected from both the Mistral and the Alpine winds by the nearby highland.
 
Background: Vinsobres was classified Côtes du Rhône Vinsobres in 1957 and consecrated Côtes du Rhône Villages Vinsobres
in 1967.

Area under cultivation: 631 hectares, yearly production: 24700 hl; basic yield : 42 hl/hectare.

Grape variety mix: for the reds, Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah and / or Mourvèdre 20% minimum, other grape varieties of the Appellation tolerated 20% maximum.

For the rosé, Grenache 50% minimum, Syrah and / or Mourvèdre 20% minimum, other grape varieties tolerated 20% maximum, white grape varieties 20% maximum (Grenache, Clairette, Marsanne, Roussanne, Bourboulenc and Viognier).

For the whites, Grenache white, Clairette white, Marsanne white, Roussanne white, Bourboulenc white, Viognier white, other white grape varieties tolerated 20% maximum.
 
Minimum alcoholic strength: for the reds 12.5%, for the rosé and whites 12%.

from inter-rhone