Domaine Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors La Fage 2020
Domaine Cosse Maisonneuve · Domaine Cosse Maisonneuve
From biodynamically farmed vines on the iron-rich limestone causse of Cahors, this Malbec is a masterclass in buried terroir emerging in the glass. It perfectly embodies 'The Cellar Below the Hill'—each sip excavates another stratum of flavor. An outstanding value for lovers of deep, soil-driven reds.
Nose
An initial wave of crushed blackberry and plum compote gives way to deeper, more subterranean aromas: wet slate, iron filings, and damp forest floor. With air, violet pastilles and a faint truffle earthiness rise from the glass, as though the limestone soils themselves are exhaling.
Palate
Dense yet remarkably agile, the wine unfurls layers of black cherry, wild blueberry, and licorice root against a backbone of fine-grained, chalky tannin. There is a savory undertow of olive tapenade and dried herbs that keeps surfacing through the dark fruit, lending a sense of geological depth to every sip.
Finish
Long and mineral-driven, with lingering notes of graphite, dark cocoa, and a persistent violet echo that slowly recedes like sediment settling.
- Varietal
- Malbec (Côt)
- Blend
- 100% Malbec
- Vineyards
- La Fage parcel on Kimmeridgian limestone and iron-rich clay, farmed biodynamically
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Food Pairing
A slow-braised lamb shank served over Puy lentils with rosemary and garlic mirrors the wine's dark fruit depth and earthy minerality, the collagen-rich meat softening the tannins while the lentils echo the wine's iron-soaked terroir.
Matthieu Cosse and Catherine Maisonneuve farm their ancient Cahors parcels biodynamically on iron-rich Kimmeridgian limestone, coaxing from deep-rooted Malbec vines the kind of mineral intensity that feels literally unearthed.
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