The porous rock from the aging links the original terroir to the mineral expression you find in the glass… as you’d expect from the name of this cuvée! Blackcurrant, finesse, a nice tannic thread, great length, and an unexpected gunflint finish.
Ingredients and nutrition facts
100% Malbec from 40-year-old vines, farmed organically and planted on a high-altitude limestone plateau rich in iron ore. Hand-harvested with low yields around 15 hl/ha. Natural vinification: fully destemmed, fermentation in two small open vats, 15 days of maceration with one punch-down at the start and light daily pump-overs. Totally crazy and unprecedented ageing: in two stone vats of 10 and 20 hl, carved directly from the limestone rock in the northern part of the Lot (french department)! 25 mg/l of total SO2.
Germain, Nicolas, and Simon run Château Les Croisille, located in Luzech in the Cahors AOC. It all started as a family adventure in 1979 when Cécile and Bernard Croisille took over the lease, carrying ‘a touch of youthful madness,’ a huge passion for the terroir, and a real life project. Seven hectares were cleared and planted, and it wasn’t until 1984 that the first harvest was delivered to...
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Minimal sulphites
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Sulphites-free wine
Sulphites-free wine
Minimal sulphites
Sulphites-free wine
Sulphites-free wine
Sulphites-free wine
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