Domaine Courbis

The history of Domaine Courbis

The history of Domaine Courbis dates back to the 16th century. It is a family estate, today owned by the two brothers Laurent and Dominique Courbis. Their ancestors settled on this terroir at the confluence of the Rhône and Isère rivers, on the right bank of the Rhône, amid vertiginous belvederes, creating the southernmost vineyard in the appellation Saint Joseph as an independent winery bordering the appellation Cornas. The steep hillsides first had to be cleared, before vines were planted and, over the centuries, the vineyard maintained and developed.

The Courbis brothers carry on the family tradition, making wines in a production unit that has adapted to the times, blending ancestral know-how with modern techniques.

Built in the middle of the vineyards, the Domaine Courbis winery follows the contours of the hillside, making it an integral part of the landscape. The winery was built at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, using gravity to optimize wine quality. Maceration takes place in concrete vats, as well as in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.

The Domaine Courbis vineyard

The Cornas and Saint-Joseph vineyards cover 35 hectares on the right bank of the Rhône. It produces an average of 160,000 bottles a year.

The terroir and grape varieties are divided into several appellation zones.

- Grapes for Saint Joseph red are grown on 18 hectares of soil, 80% granite arena and 20% clay-limestone. The only grape variety grown is Syrah.

- The vines dedicated to Saint Joseph blanc grow on clay-limestone soil, representing 5 hectares. The grape varieties are 95% Marsanne and 5% Roussanne.

- The Cornas vines represent 8 hectares of Domaine Courbis on a granite arena. The wine is made exclusively from Syrah.

- Crozes Hermitages rouge occupies 90 ares of Syrah vines on a soil of rolled pebbles.

- The Saint Péray blanc covers 1 hectare, equally divided between Marsanne and Roussane grapes, on granitic soil on hillsides at an altitude of 350 meters.

- IGP Syrah represents 90 ares of Syrah on plots at 350 meters altitude.

- Viognier occupies 70 ares of young vines planted in 2014, on a granite arena at 400 meters altitude.

- Aube covers 90 ares of Syrah on a granite arena.

Domaine Courbis is run in the most natural way possible, respecting the environment.

The wines of Domaine Courbis

Vin de Pays IGP - red

- Syrah Domaine Courbis
- Syrah l'Aube

Saint Péray - white

- Le Tram

Crozes Hermitage - red - Au Beau Séjour

Saint Joseph

- Saint Joseph - white
- Les Royes - white
- Saint Joseph - red
- Les Royes - red
- Saint Joseph La Cotte Sud - red

Cornas - red - Champelrose
- Les Eygats
- La Sabarotte