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Domaine la Calmette

2020 Domaine la Calmette, Cahors, Butte Rouge

France Malbec Merlot Sud Ouest Cahors 750ML
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2020 Domaine la Calmette, Cahors, Butte Rouge
Domaine la Calmette

2020 Domaine la Calmette, Cahors, Butte Rouge

France Malbec Merlot Sud Ouest Cahors 750ML
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From 1 hectare of 50+ year-old Malbec vines, planted to iron-rich clay soils above Kimmeridgian bedrock. This vineyard has large diurnal shifts, offering both density of flavor and well-preserved acidity. Entirely de-stemmed and fermented in concrete before 24 months' aging in used barrels.

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Why am I so excited to drink Cahors made by Domaine la Calmette? Because, quite simply, it's unlike any Malbec I’ve had before. Young winemaking couple Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Aside from producing intensely flavorful, balanced, thoughtful and dynamic wine, Domaine la Calmette is reinvigorating an over-looked corner of France and offering up a whole new outlook on Malbec.

Domaine la Calmette

Another potential powerhouse winemaking duo, Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Two critical factors separate Calmette from its peers: the natural and biodynamic winemaking techniques, and the vineyard’s location atop the limestone plateaux known locally as Les Causses. Wherever limestone is found, the wines grown there will contain a bristling energy and intense minerality, even the full-bodied reds. Here, under the thin topsoils, the Kimmeridgian bedrock that is famed for its imprint on Chablis and Sancerre lines the region, lending these Cahors a whole different level of finesse and spark.

The vineyards are certified biodynamic and the wines are vinified only in concrete and used, neutral oak barrels. The only intervention is a micro-puff of sulfur at bottling, all that is needed to maintain the heady bouquet of wild blackberries, chili powder, dark chocolate and blood orange.  

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Domaine la Calmette

Why am I so excited to drink Cahors made by Domaine la Calmette? Because, quite simply, it's unlike any Malbec I’ve had before. Young winemaking couple Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Aside from producing intensely flavorful, balanced, thoughtful and dynamic wine, Domaine la Calmette is reinvigorating an over-looked corner of France and offering up a whole new outlook on Malbec.

Another potential powerhouse winemaking duo, Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Two critical factors separate Calmette from its peers: the natural and biodynamic winemaking techniques, and the vineyard’s location atop the limestone plateaux known locally as Les Causses. Wherever limestone is found, the wines grown there will contain a bristling energy and intense minerality, even the full-bodied reds. Here, under the thin topsoils, the Kimmeridgian bedrock that is famed for its imprint on Chablis and Sancerre lines the region, lending these Cahors a whole different level of finesse and spark.

The vineyards are certified biodynamic and the wines are vinified only in concrete and used, neutral oak barrels. The only intervention is a micro-puff of sulfur at bottling, all that is needed to maintain the heady bouquet of wild blackberries, chili powder, dark chocolate and blood orange.  

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