Domaine Courbis is in Châteaubourg, where the Rhône and Isère Rivers converge just north of Valence. The estate has 20 acres in the Cornas AOC, and 60 acres in the Saint Joseph AOC. It produces a total of 120,000 bottles of Cornas, Saint Joseph red, and Saint Joseph white. There are also a few wines from Saint Peray and Crozes Hermitage. The domaine has been owned by the Courbis family since the 16th century and it is today run by brothers Dominique and Laurent Courbis. It makes single vineyard Cornas as well as Vin de Pays. Robert M. Parker Jr. was already impressed with this domaine in the late 1990s when he wrote “based on recent vintages, where Courbis wines have been among the top wines of these (Cornas and Saint Joseph) appellations, Courbis is a name to watch in the northern Rhone.”