Domaine de la Berangeraie
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8 Cahors AC 2005 Cuvée Juline
Domaine de la BerangeraieGrape:90% Malbec, 10% Merlot (12.5% alc.)
The 2005 has a gorgeous deep raspberry colour, a mix of blueberry, cassis, liquorice and menthol hints on the nose and palate, medium-body and fine silky tannins on the finish. It is one of the top vintages over the last decade. For drinking now to 2012.
* Half bottles are available
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9 Cahors AC 2005 Cuvée Maurin
Domaine de la BerangeraieGrape:100% Malbec (13% alc.)
Exceptional wine made from 100% pure malbec, this has a much deeper, almost black cherry colour. Given a longer cuvaison than the Cuvée Juline, it has more structure and a different aromatic profile – slightly tobaccoey, with fruit more redolent of figs/ prunes and a touch of menthol and spice on the finish. For drinking now to 2013.
* Magnums are available
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10 Cahors AC 2005 Les Quatre Chambrées
Domaine de la BerangeraieGrape:100% Malbec (13% alc.)
This is Berangeraie’s top unoaked wine and comes from a due south-facing hillside where the soil is a deep limestone imbued with iron deposits. Yields are 15% lower than the Maurin at 28 hectos per hectare and the temperature of fermentation is never allowed to exceed a low 25° (above which point harsher more unstable elements are extracted). It has bigger, ripe fruit again than the Maurin, with notable menthol, liquorice, limestone and iron notes and tremendous depth. For drinking late 2010 to 2014.
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11 Cahors AC 2006 Nuits des Rossignols
Domaine de la BerangeraieGrape:100% Malbec (13.5% alc.)
This comes from a due south facing hillside and Jurassic marls, that allow for a full ripening of the thick skinned malbec grape. Vinified in cuve, it was then aged for ten months in one year old barrels which help to bring it on a little quicker than the cuve aged Maurin. It is already textbook Cahors with rich blueberry fruit, strong notes of liquorice and a hint of spice. For drinking now to 2014.
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12 Cahors AC 2004 La Gorgée de Mathis Bacchus
Domaine de la BerangeraieGrape: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+.
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