Pince Sans Rire

Valérie Courrèges

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

100% Gamay

Gamay continues to surprise and amaze us; beautiful aromatics (and structure!) are abundant in this southwestern expression.

Viticulture

Soil type

Marl soils on the limestone bedrock of an ancient lake.

Vine age39

Vinification

The grapes are mostly de-stemmed, but not crushed, in order to maintain the integrity of the berries. Wine is fermented for 10 days with indigenous yeast in small concrete vats, sorted by parcel. Moderate extraction by gentle punch-downs or small pump-overs.

ElevageThe wine is aged for 6 months in small concrete vats and sandstone jars.

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...