Harvested very mature, the nose is redolent of ripe fruit.... On the palate, it is fluid and smooth, with a spicy finish.... It slips down by itself!
100% Côt, another name for Malbec, from young vines, planted by massal selection in 2012 on flinty clay. Grapes are harvested by hand. Vinification: semi-carbonic, maceration for 10 days, 1/4 destemmed and 3/4 whole bunches, indigenous yeasts, no punching down, and a little pumping over, just a light spraying over the cap. No intervention, matured for 7 months in fibreglass vats, with blending of press juice and free run juice. 1.5 g/hl of sulphur at bottling. Certified organic.
Olivier Bellanger, child of the '78 vintage, grandson and nephew of vignerons, lives in Monthou-sur-Cher. His career started down a rather traditional path, working 10 years as a vineyard worker at classic estates such as Domaine Philippe Tessier. But since Olivier launched his own estate in 2008, with his first vinifications in 2009, his wines have revealed a more vibrant personality than his...
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