Butte Rouge

FRANCE – South-West – Cahors

Locality:

FRANCE – South-West – Cahors

Appellation:

Cahors

Grape Variety:

100% Malbec

WineMaker:

Maya Sallé and Nicolas Fernandez

Vineyard:

1 parcel planted in 1971. Iron-rich soil with red clay over Kimmeridgian bedrock. 330m elevation and east facing.

Viticulture:

Certified organic (AB) and biodynamic (Demeter). Guyot Poussard pruning. Careful de-budding. Artisanal treatments including plants tisanes and composts.

WineMaking:

100% de-stemmed. Gentle two-week fermentation over ambient yeasts in concrete tank.

Aging:

Aged for 2 years on lees in foudres.

Bottling:

Neither fined nor filtered. Very light SO2 adjustment at bottling (1 g/hl). No added sulfite.

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