South West
Nose carried by notes of black fruits, particularly blackcurrant, before evolving towards pepper and a subtle vegetal touch. Fleshy and powerful on the palate, "libre expression" meaning "freedom of expression/speech", this wine is definitely free and unshackled by convention.
A blend of half Duras and half Braucol, from organically-grown vines planted on clay-limestone soils in the village of Cahuzac-sur-Vère, harvested by hand at full maturity. Vinification: total destemming, crushing, two weeks of maceration in concrete vats with daily pumping-over. Gentle pressing in a pneumatic pressing, 10 months of aging in these same concrete vats. Bottled on the estate without fining or filtration, and sulfites are used only sparingly.
Pauline and Pierre-Olivier Laurent run Cantalauze, a nine-hectare winegrowing estate in Cahuzac-sur-Vère in the Tarn region, in the heart of the South-West. Founded by Brigitte and Guy Laurent,Pierre-Olivier's parents, the estate was quite rare in the 80s, with organic viticulture right from the start in 1982, and Vin de France cuvées, a rejection of oenological techniques that were common at...
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Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
Minimal sulphites
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