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Valérie Courrèges

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Cahors AOP

Variety

100% Malbec

Viticulture

Soil type

Stony red clay soil rich in iron, manganese, and mica, on top of a friable jurassic limestone bedrock.

Vine age50+ years ago.

Vinification

Grapes are mostly de-stemmed, but not crushed in order to maintain the integrity of the berries. Wines are fermented with native yeast in small concrete tanks, sorted by parcel. Moderate extraction by gentle punch-downs or small pump-overs. 20 to 25 days total for maceration and fermentation.

Elevage18months in new oak barrels.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined and Unfiltered

More about
the producer

Valérie Courrèges

Founded in 2019

22 hectares

While working as an oenologue in Provence, Valérie Courrèges was looking for an outstanding terroir with which to settle down, and in 2019, came across the perfect opportunity to settle in Cahors. Now based in the South West, Valérie tends 22 hectares of old vines rooted in a sublime terroir of clay and limestone. Drawing inspiration from legends such as Lalou Bize-Leroy, Jean-François Ganevat, and Olivier Horiot, her first order of business at the winery was to convert all of its vineyards to biodynamic farming, in accordance with the Demeter certification.

The existing old vines, averaging between 50 and 65 years, were all planted with selection massale and grafted in place—an incredibly rare find in Cahors. The winery is divided into two big parcels. The first 11 hecta...