85% Malbec, 15% Merlot

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Malbec is a black skin grape that is mostly renowned for being Argentina's signature wine. It's roots, however, lie in Southwest France. In old Occitane language Malbec translated into "bad mouth" because of the bad taste it left from the bitter tannins. The climate just wasn't suitable to fully ripen. However the new generation of Cahors winemakers have taken greater care to find the best terroir for their Malbec (referred to a "Cot" locally. 

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  Cahors, Southwest France

 

Vineyards are planted with 85% Malbec and 15% Merlot at the highest part of the South Quercy limestone plateau (causse), at an average altitude of 300 metres above sea level. The soil contains two distinct geological components; red clay with high concentration of red which lends the wine power, spice and black fruit aromas; and white clay with limestone similar to that of Chablis, which produces minerality and finesse. Located between the Atlantic and Mediterranean, the unique mesoclimate takes effect especially towards harvest when hot winds from Africa aid grape ripening.

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Biodynamic

 

 Careful leaf-thinning and green harvesting ensure well exposed fruit.

 

The vines are 25 years old and yields are low at around 28 hectolitres per hectare.

 

The grapes are hand-harvested.

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A warm, dry September allowed full sugar and phenolic ripeness, and healthy vines, with the long growing season encouraging complexity and concentration.

 

The harvest started with on 3rd October, and was completed by the middle of the month.

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• The grapes are separated by parcel and vinified spearately.

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• After a pneumatic press, the free-run juice and pressings were separated.

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• Fermentation took place with ambient yeasts at controlled temperatures of 25-30°C, and the cap was managed by a combination of pump-overs and plunging.

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• The fermenting must spent 25 days on skins.

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• Malolactic fermentation took place in barrel.

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• The wine was matured for 12 months in french oak, 20% of which were new.

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Vintage: 2014

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Alcohol: 13.5%

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Name of Producer:

Château de Chambert

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Name of Wine:

Cahors

 

Winemaker:

Philippe Lejeune

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Origin: 

 Cahors, Southwest France

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Vegan

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With Pascin at the Dôme

 

At the Negre de Toulouse we drank the good Cahors wine from the quarter, the half or the full carafe, usually diluting it about one-third with water.[...] In Paris, then, you could live very well on almost nothing and by skipping meals occasionally and never buying any new clothes, you could save and have luxuries.

 

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