Product from organic farming
Château du Cèdre
AOC Cahors100% Malbec
Terroir
Cones of limestone scree and Mindel high terraces with very old alluvial deposits from the Lot river (-500,000 years)
Age of vines
35 years old
Vinification
Indigenous yeasts - Vatting period of about three weeks - Gentle extraction
No winemaking additives are used except for low levels of sulphites before bottling
Maturation
18 months in big oak cask (57hl) and barrels (500l)
Tasting
Critics' Scores - 2022 Vintage :
Wine Enthusiast : 92 pts
James Suckling : 92 pts
Bottling
Slightly sulfited at bottling
Residual sugars : Nothing
Alcoholic degree : 13%