Vin de France Zinzolin

Valérie Courrèges

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Vin de France

Variety

40% Malbec
30% Syrah
20% Cabernet Franc
10% Merlot

This cuvée's name references an old-fashioned word for red-purple, classified out of the Cahors appellation and as a Vin de France because of its old-vine blend from Courrèges' premium terroir around Montcuq.

Viticulture

Soil type

Marl soil on limestone bedrock.

Vine age39 year old vines.

Vineyard size-

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. 9 to 21 days total for maceration and fermentation.

Elevage12 months in small concrete vats and aging in sandstone jars

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...