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Combel La Serre Cahors Les Peyres Levades 2019 750ml

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750ml
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France
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Cahors
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100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois locally). "Peyres Levades" is Occitan for "pierres levées", a direct reference to the stoniness of the terrain of this 0.58-hectare lieu-dit. The vines are over 50 years old and yield only 25-30 hl/ha. Besides being notably stony, the soils are the most limestone-packed of the Combel micro-terroirs. The farming is certified-organic and in conversion to biodynamics. The bunches are hand-harvested and mainly destemmed. The juice ferments at cool temperatures with indigenous yeasts in a 50-hectoliter wood tank. Maceration lasts around 30 days. The wine is aged in the same wood tank for 16 months and bottled without filtration and with minimal sulfur. Peyres Levades is by far Combel La Serre's smallest production at around 2000 bottles.
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Combel La Serre Cahors Les Peyres Levades 2019 750ml

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Varietal: Malbec

Malbec grapes have been grown for centuries in the Old World, and whilst many wineries had and continue to have great success with these dark and rather demanding grapes, they are famously susceptible to rot and quickly lose their best features should the weather not be as good as they need it to be. As such, it is the New World Malbec wines which have really made this old and respected varietal a household name, and the many single variety bottles we see in our supermarkets and wine stores bearing this grape have been some of the biggest and most pleasing success stories of recent years. However, Malbec is often and was traditionally used as a blending grape, offering its strong tannins and heavy, plummy fruit flavors to milder, mellower wines to boost their character, and many of these blended wines rank amongst the finest in the world. As such, Malbec is a highly versatile grape which has spread across the globe to produce some very different results, each one pleasing, and each one packed with flavor and character.
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Country: France

French winemakers are subjected to several laws and regulations regarding the wines they produce, and how they can be labeled and sold. Such procedures are designed to increase the overall quality of the country's produce, and also to ensure that wines made in each particular region or appellation are of a character and type which is representative of the area. Thankfully for consumers of wine world-wide, the French have a particularly high reputation to uphold, and seem to do so flawlessly. Every year, wineries from all over France produce millions upon millions of bottles of fine wine, making the most of their native grape varieties and the excellent terrain which covers most of the country. From the expensive and exquisite red wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy, to the white wines and cremants of central France, the French are dedicated to providing the world with wines of the highest quality and most distinctive character.