Domaine la Calmette
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Why am I so excited to drink Cahors made by Domaine la Calmette? Because, quite simply, it's unlike any Malbec I’ve had before. Young winemaking couple Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Aside from producing intensely flavorful, balanced, thoughtful and dynamic wine, Domaine la Calmette is reinvigorating an over-looked corner of France and offering up a whole new outlook on Malbec.
Another potential powerhouse winemaking duo, Maya Sallée and Nicolas Fernandez have managed to amplify the super-power of Malbec, its plush, potent fruitiness, and frame it with complex layers of spices, herbs, tea and earth. Two critical factors separate Calmette from its peers: the natural and biodynamic winemaking techniques, and the vineyard’s location atop the limestone plateaux known locally as Les Causses. Wherever limestone is found, the wines grown there will contain a bristling energy and intense minerality, even the full-bodied reds. Here, under the thin topsoils, the Kimmeridgian bedrock that is famed for its imprint on Chablis and Sancerre lines the region, lending these Cahors a whole different level of finesse and spark.
The vineyards are certified biodynamic and the wines are vinified only in concrete and used, neutral oak barrels. The only intervention is a micro-puff of sulfur at bottling, all that is needed to maintain the heady bouquet of wild blackberries, chili powder, dark chocolate and blood orange.
