The Pigeonnier

Vendor: Terroir Caillac
Unit price: 122,83 €per 75cl
Regular price: 368,50 €
Sale price: 368,50 €
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94/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 2020)
95/100:The Wine Enthusiast (March 2018)
93/100:Wine Spectator Magazine 90-plus Scores (Oct. 2018)

95/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 2020)
94/100:Wine Spectator Magazine (October 2019)
92/100:The Wine Enthusiast (September 2019)

95/100:The Wine Enthusiast, Cellar Section (April 2017)
93/100:The Wine Spectator (August 2017)
17.5/20:Jancis Robinson (August 2017)

91/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 31, 2016)
94/100:The Wine Enthusiast
17/20:Jancis Robinson (June 2016)

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For this prestigious 100 Malbec cuvée, the grapes are delicately harvested by hand on our most beautiful plot of 2.7 hectares in the middle of which stands a majestic 17th century dovecote, listed as a historic monument. Class exceptional in the Parker Guide to French Wines, 2nd edition, the Pigeonnier can age and improve for more than 25 years.

Tasting

Dark red, purplish, almost black color
Nose of a wide variety of red fruits
Notes of black fruits, liquorice and cherry
Powerful mouth without being austere, perfect maturity of tannins and aromas of red fruits
Ample finish, red fruits, liquorice, cocoa

Distinctions

95/100:The Wine Enthusiast (March 2018)
98/100 (Gold medal):National Awards of the Academy of Wines and French Gastronomy
93/100:Wine Spectator Magazine 90-plus Scores (Oct. 2018)
95/100:Jeb Dunnuck (March 2018)
93/100:James Suckling (January 2019)
94/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 2020

Tasting

Dark red color, purplish
Powerful and intense nose, wide variety of red fruits
Notes of black fruits, liquorice and cherry
Powerful, elegant, very structured palate
Full aftertaste, red fruits, liquorice, cocoa

Distinctions

92/100:The Wine Enthusiast (September 2019)
16.5 ++/20:Jancis Robinson (October 2019)
94/100:Wine Spectator Magazine (October 2019)
97/100:Jeb Dunnuck (November 2019)
95/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 2020)

Tasting

Dark red color, dense and deep
Notes of red berries (blueberries), cocoa, cinnamon, liquorice and spices
Supple and powerful attack, woody
with elegant tannins
Long and balanced finish, very rich

Distinctions

95/100:The Wine Enthusiast, Cellar Section (April 2017)
93/100:The Wine Spectator (August 2017)
17.5/20:Jancis Robinson (August 2017)

Tasting

Dark red color, purplish
Powerful and intense nose, wide variety of red fruits
Notes of black fruits, liquorice and cherry
Powerful, elegant, very structured palate
Full aftertaste, red fruits, liquorice, cocoa

Distinctions

95/100:The Tasting Panel Magazine (January/February 2017)
17/20:Jancis Robinson (June 2016)
94/100:The Wine Enthusiast
91/100:Wine Spectator (June 15, 2016)
91/100:Wine Advocate Robert Parker (May 31, 2016)

Food & wine pairings

Pairings: truffles, game, red meats and in sauce, cheeses.
Storage in the cellar: at 16 ° C for a maximum humidity of 85%.
Aging potential: over 20 years depending on the vintage.
Tasting: serve between 16 and 18 ° C. Decant beyond 4 years of aging. Young, open it an hour before.

Vinification and aging

Harvest: harvest and sorting by hand.
Blend: 100% Malbec
Type of soil: Plot in one piece of 2.7 ha at the foot of Château Lagrézette, 3rd Lot terrace (140m), predominantly gravel-clay soil on a Kimmeridgien base, production only in the greatest years
Average age of the vines: 30 years.
Consultant oenologist: Michel Rolland.
Vinification: Cold maceration in a Taransaud barrel at 8 ° (4/7 days), Alcoholic fermentation at 26 ° C then final hot maceration at 28 ° C, Aging 22 months in 100% new French barrels (Saury, Ermitage and François Frères )
Cuverie:French oak tuns .
Aging: between 22 and 24 months in new oak barrels.
Average annual production : Production only in the greatest years, yield less than 5,000 bottles per year.

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