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Jean-Luc Baldes

AOP Cahors

1.3 ,Cahors,

100 % Malbec Guyot 6,000

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18

Limited Release

Its name dates back to the time when the local wine-growers heated some of the grape bunches or the “musts” to produce the so-called “black wines” of Cahors. In echoing these historic origins, Jean-Luc Balds wanted to recall that such wines were particularly popular with the English in the Middle Ages.

Appellation:
AOP Cahors, Southern France

Country of Origin:
France

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Soil:
Grown on a plot of 1.3 hectare, a selection of the best parts of the oldest and most reputed vineyard in the Appellation region. Silicious clay or clay-and-limestone soil, on the slight slopes of the River Lot’s third terraces.

Grape variety:
100% old Malbec vines Severe single Guyot pruning. 6,000 plants per hectare.

In the vineyard:
Traditional growing methods; soil ploughed; supervised control; severe pruning; removal of unwanted new shoots; thinning out of the grape bunches and of the leaves. .

Harvest:
The grapes are hand-picked, sorted carefully on to trays, and then gently heated to further dessicate the already fully ripe grapes.

Vinification:
Traditional fermentation in tanks, after a fall in temperature, then matured in oak casks for 18 months.

Tasting Notes:
Dark black colour. Full body. Dry fruits, candied fruits, liquorice aromas and flavours. Good acidity with noticeable tannin. A very rare wine with tremendous ageing potential. Decanting recommended.