L’Art et la Matiere 2020

Valérie Courrèges

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Cahors AOP

Variety

100% Malbec

Viticulture

Vineyard name

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Soil type

Marne on lacustrine limestone

Vines planted in1982

Vineyard size22 hectares

Vinification

Vinification by parcel from mostly destemmed grapes, in order to respect the integrity of the grapes without any trituration. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts in small concrete vats that respect the moderate extraction from a small number of punching down or pump over between 9 and 12 days.

Elevage12 months in small concrete vats and ageing in sandstone jars

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfiltered

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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...