12 Cahors AC 2004 La Gorgée de Mathis Bacchus
Domaine de la Berangeraie

Grape:100% Malbec (13.5% alc.)

Berangeraie’s top cuvée, Mathis Bacchus comes from 35 year old vines planted in Jurassic limestones and marls on the hillsides of Floressas. Vinified in cuve, it was then transferred to new oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and bottled after fining but no filtration in April 2006. The oak is very well integrated, and the wine shows intriguing malbec character of mocha, eucalyptus, bay leaves and cloves. For drinking now to 2019+.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Bérenger family
Location:	Grezels (with vineyards also in Floressas)
Size of domaine:	20 hectares of which Gorgée is 1 hectare. 3500 bts produced per year.
Grape:	100% Malbec
Terroir:	Vines in Floressas – 35 years old (vineyard called Les Traversées de Floressas). Argilo-calcaire. South-facing 200 metres above sea-level.
Viticulture:	Single guyot. Prune to 5 buds (generally). Grass left to grow between rows. Ploughed deep once every 3 years. Vineyards treated organically – hence no herbicides or pesticides are used. Manual harvest late into October with careful ‘tri’. Yields of 25 hectos per hectare.
Vinification:	100% destalked. Indigenous yeasts. Alcoholic fermentations in cement cuve. Remontages and pigeages, judged by tasting. Alcoholic fermentation never exceeds 25ºC. Transferred to 100% new 220l oak barrels (4 tonneliers – medium toast). Malos in barrel. Racked 4 times. Bottled after 22 months. No fining but light filtration by plaque.
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qty (bottles)

exc vat: £14.04